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Kremlin spokesman Peskov’s son was in Ukraine with Wagner’s troupe

The son of the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was a member of the Wagner mercenary group in Ukraine. He served there under a false name as an artilleryman, Nikolai Peskov said in an interview with the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.

He is the 33-year-old son of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “It happened on my initiative,” said Peskov, whose father has served as Kremlin spokesman since 2008. “I saw it as my duty.”

So far, only a few relatives of high-ranking Russian government officials are publicly known to have fought in the Ukraine war. He fulfilled his contract for a little less than half a year under a false name to hide his true identity, Peskow said.

He received a medal for bravery, the newspaper said. When asked what his father thought of it, Nikolai said: “He’s proud of me, I think. My father told me that I made the right decision.”


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