Top story: ‘No to war’ – editor’s TV protest
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Early this morning, explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with reports of residential apartment blocks on fire after a Russian missile strike. Russia and Ukraine are due to meet again for talks aimed at ending the 20-day war. In Russia, an editor on state-run Channel One TV has burst on to the set of the nightly news shouting “Stop the war, no to war”. Marina Ovsyannikova waved a sign saying: “Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.” It was signed “Russians against the war”.
Ovsyannikova also released a video online saying she was ashamed at working for Channel One spreading “Kremlin propaganda … Ashamed that I allowed the zombification of the Russian people.” Ovsyannikova was reportedly arrested shortly after her protest and taken into police custody as a wave of praise and support for her actions spread…
