Russian state broadcaster RT has suspended and condemned one of its top presenters, Anton Krasovsky, after he called for the burning and drowning of Ukrainian children.
His remarks on TV provoked uproar on social media and he has since apologised.
Krasovsky was responding to science fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko, who said that in western Ukraine back in 1980 he had heard children saying “Ukraine is occupied by Muscovites”.
RT news is staunchly pro-Kremlin.
In the interview Krasovsky smirked as he said “just drown those children, drown them”. Alternatively, he said, they could be shoved into huts and burned.
He also joked about Russian soldiers raping Ukrainian grandmothers.
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