Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation — Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. File photoMOSCOW, March 29The Kremlin does not have information that officials are allegedly arrested in Ukrainian cities controlled by the Russian military and journalists are disappearing, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, said. I don’t know, I repeat once again, it is very important to consider each specific case, each specific name, surname,” Peskov told reporters, commenting on a CNN publication about reports from residents of Ukrainian cities under the control of the Russian military that allegedly local officials are arrested and journalists and representatives of civil society are disappearing.The purpose of the special operation in Ukraine is denazification, reminded Peskov Peskov noted that he had not seen the material of the publication about this, but promised to familiarize himself with it. In general, the presentation of material on CNN is one-sided, he clarified. “With all due respect to CNN, to the traditions of CNN, to a long history, after all, CNN can hardly be called an objective source of information now, because there is one-sided information,” Peskov explained. .Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. 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 Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized.
