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Putin's spokesman's son admits to serving with Wagner in Ukraine

Politiko 2023-04-24 13:00:08

Putin's spokesman's son admits to serving with Wagner in Ukraine

The son of Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says in an interview that he served in Ukraine under the assumed name of an artilleryman in the Wagner mercenary force, AP reports .

Nikolai Peskov, 33, told the private newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that he had served in Ukraine, a rare public example of the son of a senior Russian official fighting in the war.

"It was on my initiative," Peskov, whose father has served as Putin's spokesman since 2008, said in an interview published Saturday. "I considered it my duty."

He said he had performed his contract for just under half a year under an assumed name to hide his true identity. He received a medal for bravery, the newspaper writes.

Asked about his father's views on his service, Nikolai Peskov said: "He is proud of me, I think. My father told me that I made the right decision."

Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said Dmitry Peskov had approached him and asked him to hire his son as an artilleryman.

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