Will Putin declare Yanukovych as new president of Ukraine?

Exiled former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych could be declared the next president of Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent tweeted , citing a report by the Ukrayinska Pravda, an online newspaper, that the former president was being prepared by the Kremlin for a special occasion. He had fled to Russia in 2014 after his government was overthrown following the Maidan Revolution. The Kremlin will try to declare him the ‘President of Ukraine’ there, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing Ukrainian intelligence. It added that Putin’s Russia may be preparing for an informational operation or action for Yanukovych’s return to Ukraine or to publish an appeal on his behalf to the Ukrainian people in the near future.

Media: Putin wants to reinstate Yanukovych as president of Ukraine.

Viktor Yanukovych is allegedly in Minsk, and the Kremlin is preparing an operation to replace Zelensky with the ex-president ousted by the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014, according to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022

Viktor Yanukovych was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21, 2002, to December 7, 2004, and from December 28, 2004, to January 5, 2005, under President Leonid Kuchma. He had served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Currently, he’s residing in exile in Russia under the protection of the Kremlin