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Russia's wanted list and a mass strike on Ukraine
Summary
A retrospective on 9 January 2024, when Moscow listed an exiled tycoon as wanted a day after a large-scale missile and drone attack.
What did Russia do on 9 January 2024, and what was it following? Russia placed exiled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on a wanted list over comments he had made about the ongoing war.
The move came a day after Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine. The strikes, on 8 January 2024, killed at least four people and injured 38 others in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
Ukraine said its forces shot down all eight drones and 18 of the 51 missiles launched in the attack.
Together, the two developments showed the war being pursued on two fronts: with strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure and with legal action against a critic of the war living in exile.
