The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has issued an arrest warrant, for Mikheil Saakashvili. His name has officially been added to the wanted list, published on the website of the Ministry.

The announcement reads that Mikheil Saakashvili disappeared on December 5, 2017, the place of disappearance - Kiev.

Masked officers took Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili into custody in his apartment building in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, earlier Tuesday, as protesters rallied outside in his support. At one point, Saakashvili even climbed on the building’s rooftop to address them.

Saakashvili was freed by supporters on Tuesday only hours after Ukrainian authorities detained him.