Peskov responded to initiatives to remove opponents of the special operation from their posts

Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry PeskovMOSCOW, March 1Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not know about the initiatives of State Duma deputies to dismiss officials and employees of state corporations who disagree with the military operation in Ukraine. “To be honest, I am not aware of such initiatives of the State Duma,” Peskov told reporters. .Earlier on Tuesday, State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev (ER) told RIA Novosti that he advocates the removal of officials and employees of state corporations who disagree with the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin on a special operation in Ukraine. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized. 0.5625″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»reuters_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes src=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/09/1771856086_0:0:3246:1825_1920x0_80_0_0_6f443657aff31e0275a96a2a2b87″jpg=» :image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100W images/07e6/02/09/1771856086_0: 0: 3246: 1825_1280x0_80_0_0_29abc65bf77fe08b622ee1fb03606551.jpg 1280w, https: //cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/09/1771856086_0: 0: 3246: 1825_1920x0_80_0_0_6f443657aff31e0275a96a 2a87a6002b.jpg 1920w»>Disarm and Deactivate: Demilitarization of Ukraine