Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovfigure of the Russian political elite, assured this Monday that his son, Nikolai, took part in the offensive in Ukraineseveral months after being accused of trying to avoid being sent to the front.

“He made this decision, he’s grown up. Yes, indeed, he took part in the special military operationl’ in Ukraine, Dmitri Peskov told reporters, who declined to give further details.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the private military company Wagner, said so last week Nikolai Peskov had been fighting as part of his troops in eastern Ukraine for six months.

Prigozhin said Peskov, 33, had served under another identity in a unit that piloted a multiple rocket launcher. and that he fought “with courage and heroism”.

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“Naturally, For normal people, this is an unusual situation because everyone is used to the children of the elite being hidden by their parents.Prigozhim said in a statement from his press office.

He also said that he had advised young Peskov to do so did not serve in the Russian army to avoid being posted to headquarters or sent to the front as “cannon fodder”.

After Prigozhin’s statement, the Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid published an interview with Nikolai Peskov in which he said that he had fought to fulfill his “duty” and received a medal for his actions.

Six months ago, Nikolai Peskov was accused of trying to avoid enlistment in the Russian army after announcing a “partial” military mobilization at the end of September a blogger who supports the opposition Alexei Navalni called Nikolai Peskov, posing as a recruiter for the Russian army.

“You must understand, if you know that I am Mr. Peskov, it is not entirely correct that I am there,” said Nikolai Peskov, implying that he would not be hired.

“I have no problem defending the homeland. But first I need to understand what is feasible for me,” he said.