Kremlin Spokesman's Son Joins Wagner in Ukraine
TL;DR
Nikolai Peskov, the son of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, has claimed that he served with the Wagner mercenary group in Ukraine for nearly six months. Wagner is called a "private military company" in Russia and has been accused of war crimes and other abuses in Ukraine. It is rare for a member of the Russian elite to choose to join Wagner. Nikolai Peskov is also known as Nikolai Choles and speaks fluent English, having spent several years as a youth in London.
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- Son of Vladimir Putin's spokesman says he served with Wagner in Ukraine Reuters
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