'It's like swearing an oath to the devil. You denounce Christ and say, 'Now I am a Ukrainian,'' said Sergey Mardan.
Russian state TV host Sergey Mardan ranted that being Ukrainian was a choice and compared it to swearing an oath to the devil.Speaking during his show Mardan Live, the TV host bemoaned calling people Ukrainians in a move that could be considered an attempt to undermine their national identity, according to a translation by Russian Media Monitor created by Daily Beast reporter Julia Davis.
-based international affairs think tank, said in an August 10 report that there was evidence Russia was escalating genocide in Ukraine, including by inciting language.'This inciting language is horrifying on its own, as it calls for the erasure and destruction of Ukrainians through graphic slurs and threats,' the report said. 'However, Russia's actions in Ukraine have mirrored the violence of rhetoric coming out of Moscow.
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