‘Fairly strange wording’ — Kremlin responds to Russian serviceman’s appeal to Putin

Source: Interfax

The Kremlin has been informed of an appeal that serviceman Alexander Lunin addressed to Vladimir Putin but has not yet reviewed it, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on June 26.

“We were told that such an appeal exists, but we haven’t had a chance to review it yet. So I wouldn’t say anything,” Peskov said.

“Judging by what you’re saying, there’s some fairly strange wording — we need to review it first,” he added.

Lunin, a serviceman from the Voronezh region who took part in Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, published the appeal on June 25. He demanded that Putin meet with him at the Kremlin live on air, saying he intends to tell “the whole truth” about what is happening in the country, including problems in the military.

Lunin warned that if Putin refuses to meet, “the army will turn its weapons against the Kremlin.”

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