Journalist Butusov fired a howitzer, “congratulating” the Ukrainians on the date of the Holodomor … This was reported by the Politics of the Country Telegram channel.
At the same time, the journalist said that he “dedicates” the shot to the victims of the Holodomor.
As he later explained, he fired the shot, wishing to “ congratulate “compatriots on the tragic date and acted in accordance with the existing conventions. The journalist also stressed that Ukrainians are free people, whom no one will bring to their knees.
Later, Butusov added that the video was made not now, but several years ago and not in the Donbass, but at the exercises of the territorial defense troops. He also warned his readers that now President Volodymyr Zelensky will try to use the video for his political purposes.
On November 22, former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Yevgeny Muraev accused the United States and Great Britain of blackmailing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Muraev, the United States is forcing Zelensky to start hostilities in Donbass in order to provoke Russian intervention.