Kremlin Labels Anti-War Russians "Traitors"
NDTV
Thousands of Russians fled their country within days -- or even hours -- of Putin's decision to launch a major military offensive in Ukraine
The Ukraine offensive will expose "traitors" inside Russia, the Kremlin said Thursday, echoing President Vladimir Putin's earlier call to "purify" Russian society.
"In these situations, many people show themselves as traitors," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "They vanish from our lives on their own. Some leave their posts, some leave the country. That is how the purification is happening."
Thousands of Russians fled their country within days -- or even hours -- of Putin's decision to launch a major military offensive in Ukraine on February 24th. Their exact number is unknown.
But Peskov said the "vast majority" of Russians back Putin.
