The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov posted an anti-war message to social media on Friday, however then appeared to delete the publish shortly later.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday after weeks of alarms and warnings from U.S. and Western European leaders of an imminent menace from Putin's forces. Hundreds of Russian demonstrators took to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg to protest Putin's choice, leading to a whole bunch of arrests.

Some outstanding Russians got here out in opposition to Putin's invasion of Ukraine as effectively—together with Yelizaveta Peskova, the daughter of the president's personal spokesman.

The 24-year-old posted "HET BOЙHE" (or "no to battle" in English) to her Telegram account. She wrote the message as a white hashtag with a translucent grey spotlight on a black background, in accordance with screenshots and reviews from a number of journalists. The publish was later eliminated.

Nic Robertson, CNN's diplomatic editor, reported on the outstanding Russian official's daughter's publish on Friday.

"I believe given these protests that we noticed on the streets of Moscow and different cities throughout Russia final night time, 1,700 individuals arrested there by the way in which, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's—his daughter on a Telegram, with 180,000 followers, truly posted a 'cease the battle' 'no to the battle' message on her Telegram account," he reported.

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Above, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov speaks through the Kremlin's annual press convention on the Moscow Manege on December 23, 2021 in Russia.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Pictures

"Liza Peskova, the daughter of Putin's spokesman, has posted this 'No to battle' message on her Instagram tales," BBC journalist Francis Scarr tweeted on Friday, sharing a screenshot of the publish.

Peskov is the principle spokesperson for Putin, frequently giving briefings to journalists in regards to the Russian chief's plans and insurance policies. As could be anticipated, the Russian official routinely spins info in Moscow's favor whereas spreading Kremlin propaganda. In the meantime, a lot of different excessive profile Russians spoke out in opposition to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, The Guardian reported.

"Worry and ache. No to battle," Ivan Urgant, the host of a well-liked speak present on Russia's state-run Channel One, wrote in an Instagram publish.

"It is inconceivable to work for a assassin and obtain your wage from him," Elena Kovalskaya, the director of the state-finance theater the Meyerhold Middle in Moscow stated. She stop her job in protest in opposition to Russia's aggression in direction of Ukraine.

Yuri Shevchuk—the frontman of a basic Soviet-era rock band, DDT, and a veteran anti-war campaigner—slammed the Russian invasion saying, "We're being pulled like via an ice gap into the previous, into the nineteenth, 18th, seventeenth centuries. And folks refuse to just accept it."

Sofia Abramovich, the daughter of Russian oligarch and billionaire Roman Abramovich, expressed her opposition to the battle and Putin's choice in an Instagram publish. Her father owns the well-known British soccer crew Chelsea F.C.

His 27-year-old daughter shared a meme that stated "Russia desires a battle with Ukraine"—however "Russia" was crossed out and "Putin" was typed above it. The meme continued beneath: "The most important and most profitable lie of the Kremlin's propaganda is that almost all Russians stand with Putin." It included a small picture of Putin behind a purple banned image.

The U.S. and Western European allies launched a collection of considerable monetary sanctions in opposition to Russia within the wake of the Ukraine invasion. The European Union additionally on Friday launched sanctions focusing on Putin and his International Minister Sergey Lavrov instantly, and the U.S. plans to do the identical.

Putin's invasion persists because the Ukrainian army fights to guard its homeland in opposition to overseas aggression. U.S. officers advised Newsweek on Thursday that they're pessimistic about Ukraine's odds of repelling the Russian army, predicting that Kyiv would fall inside a matter of days.