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Children in Ukraine who see Russians as invaders should be drowned or burned alive.
And unwanted people who remain in the country when Russia took over should be shot.
Behind the outings on Russian television stands high-ranking boss Anton Krasovsky.
– We will prosecute him, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
It is during an interview with the science fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko that Anton Krasovsky, presenter and senior manager of the TV channel, goes on a violent attack against Ukraine and its population.
The program was broadcast on RT, which is a Russian state-controlled television channel with international broadcasts, last week.
On Sunday, a clip from the interview was shared by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Twitter.
“Throw them into the river”
“Governments that have not yet banned RT should look into this,” writes Kuleba.
“This is the side you stand on if you allow RT to operate in your countries”.
In the program, Lukyanenko tells a story about how he visited Ukraine as a child during the Soviet era during the 80s. Then he met other children who said that their lives would be better if they did not live under occupation from Moscow.
That gets Krasovsky really fired up.
– Those children should have been drowned in the Tysyna river where the ducklings swim. Drown them, he says.
– Anyone who claims to be occupied by Moscow, throw them into the river where there are strong currents.
Made several inflammatory statements
The TV manager also embarks on an exposition about “the ugly, monstrous little houses” that are everywhere in the Carpathians in Ukraine.
He believes that even these houses could serve as death traps for those who dislike Russian occupation.
– Lock them in those huts and burn them, says Krasovsky and laughs.
Then the pair discuss Ukraine’s raison d’être.
– The Soviet Union was seriously damaged and Ukraine was one of the most affected places, says author Lukyanenko.
– And that’s why it shouldn’t exist at all, Krasovsky answers and then asks:
– Should Ukraine remain on the world map?
– Yes, because I would not want to live in the same country as many of the people who remain there, Lukyanenko answers.
– So then we shoot them, says the RT manager.
Sanctioned by the EU
Krasovsky has made a series of inflammatory statements regarding the war in Ukraine.
Among other things, he published a video in which he danced after Putin, earlier in October, avenged the bombing of the Crimean bridge with robots against civilian targets in a number of Ukrainian cities.
“To say I’m happy is putting it mildly. I’m dancing on the balcony in my Russian military pajamas,” Krasovsky wrote to his followers.
He has already been sanctioned by the EU.
“Aggressively inciting genocide (we will prosecute this person for this) has nothing to do with freedom of speech”, writes Foreign Minister Kuleba on Twitter.
Challenged Putin
Almost ten years ago, Anton Krasovsky was celebrated internationally after challenging Putin on live television.
He caused scandal in Russia in 2013 by revealing that he is gay and protesting against the Kremlin’s proposed “homosexual propaganda” bill, writes Radio Free Europe.
The plot temporarily halted his journalistic career as he was quickly suspended from state television channels.
RT, which is controlled by the Russian state and described as a propaganda channel for the Kremlin, was banned from broadcasting within the EU shortly after the outbreak of war.
The channel has previously claimed that it had tens of millions of TV viewers in Europe.