Russian host says he is “very ashamed” after commenting Ukrainian children should be drowned Anton Krasovsky, accused of genocide, mentioned that minors should be thrown into a strong current.

Rossiya Segodnya was accused of incitement to genocide on Monday after TV presenter Anton Krasovsky mentioned during a live broadcast this Thursday that Ukrainian children, who believed Russian troops were occupiers of the Soviet Union, were supposed to drown.

During the commentary inciting genocide, the host was interviewed by science fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko, who revealed that when he visited Ukraine in 1980, the country’s children told him that life would be better if there were no Moscow occupation. It was in this vein that Krasovsky said that minors should have been drowned in the Tysyn River or, alternatively, sent to barracks and subsequently burned.

However, the TV presenter has already apologized for the previous comments and assured on the relevant social networks that he was very embarrassed, noting: “Well, it happens that we are on the air, we are delighted. And it can’t stop. I’m sorry to everyone who was dumbfounded by this, “- quoted in skynews.

In addition, the presenter also laughed at the existing news about Russian soldiers who raped older Ukrainian women during the invasion of Ukraine. Anton is a pro-war commentator on Russian television and has come under European Union sanctions.

Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian news channel Rossiya Segodnya (RT), assured that the host in question, Anton Krasovsky, had been suspended due to a “disgusting comment,” the paper quoted the newspaper as saying. skynews. In addition, Margarita assures that none of the representatives of the Russian news channel shares the opinion of the presenter.

The Russian publisher mentioned in a statement on the RT channel’s website: “For the children of Ukraine, as well as for the children of Donbass and all other children, I wish that all this ends as soon as possible, and that they can live and study again in peace – in the language that they consider native,” the information cited in skynews.

“At the moment I am suspending our cooperation [com Krasovski]because neither I nor anyone at RT can allow anyone to think that anyone here shares these notions of savagery,” Simonyan wrote.

“What Krasovsky said is wild and disgusting. Perhaps Anton explains what temporary madness led him to such words. It is hard to believe that Krasovsky sincerely believes that children need to be drowned, ”said the director of RT.

Both the RT TV channel and the Russian news agency Sputnik, controlled by the Russian authorities, are under sanctions from the European Union, which has suspended its activities for allegedly promoting and supporting military aggression against Ukraine and the destabilization of neighboring countries.