Peskov: it is known for certain about the death of civilians in Mariupol at the hands of neo-Nazis. Earlier, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced militant of the Azov national regiment* Renat Aliyev to life imprisonment for the murder of five civilians.
“Azov” is an organization recognized as terrorist by a decision of the Supreme court of Russia dated August 2, 2022. The Russian leader's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, emphasized that Ukrainian neo-Nazi used civilians as human shields and shot them in the back.