“You know that there are a huge number of military formations of a nationalist nature: Bandera, just nationalists, battalions, and so on.
Of course, we need to get rid of them... They are real neo-Nazis," he said during a conversation with reporters.
The press secretary of the Russian leader emphasized that we are talking about those people who in 2014 began to kill their fellow citizens in the south-east of Ukraine.
“Then, unfortunately, we did not see such a unity of the West, and no one saw it.
And for some reason, it didn’t occur to the deputies of the European Parliament to stand up in protest against the killings of these people in the southeast of the country, ”Peskov said.
On the morning of February 24, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, in an emergency video message, announced the start of a special military operation.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in turn, announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Russia.
The press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that the timing of the special operation to demilitarize Ukraine would be determined by the Russian president.
The Kremlin also noted that the Ministry of Defense remains the only source of military information.