Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky applauded the employee of Russia's Channel One who held up a sign during a Monday night news report that stated, "NO WAR. Stop the war. Don't believe propaganda. They are lying to you here."
The protester has been identified by the OVD-Info human rights organization as Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor and producer at Channel One. In a message recorded before her protest, Ovsyannikova said, "What is going on in Ukraine is a crime, and Russia is the aggressor country." While working at Channel One, she spread "Kremlin propaganda," Ovsyannikova continued, and is now "very ashamed. I am ashamed that I've allowed the lies to be said on the TV screens." It is up to Russians to "stop this madness," she added. "Take to the streets. Do not be afraid. They can't jail us all."
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