Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters was denounced by Ukraine Wednesday soon after he explained to the United Nations Safety Council that Russia’s invasion of its neighbor was “not unprovoked.”
The seventy nine-yr-outdated — who has sparked controversy with his stance on the war — was invited to tackle the fifteen-member Council by Moscow.
“The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was unlawful. I condemn it in the strongest attainable phrases,” the British musician mentioned by way of movie.
But Waters then implied that Kyiv was to blame as effectively.
“Also the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked. So I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest attainable phrases,” he mentioned.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN strike back again, enjoying on the title of one particular of Pink Floyd’s most well known music.
“How unhappy for his previous supporters to see him accepting the part of just a brick in the wall, a wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda,” mentioned Sergiy Kyslytsya.
Kyiv’s agent even referenced the huge inflatable pink pig that showcased in several of the progressive rock band’s displays.
He mentioned he was stunned Waters experienced not organized to have it floating in the Safety Council chamber.
“What could it have been this time Mr Waters? Pigs with swastikas and the hammer and sickle?” Kyslytsya mentioned through the surreal dialogue.
Final September, Waters was declared a “persona non grata” by the Polish metropolis of Krakow soon after his concert events ended up scrapped there about his war stance.
Waters experienced prepared an open up letter that thirty day period expressing the West need to cease giving arms to Kyiv, accusing President Volodymyr Zelensky of permitting “serious nationalism” in Ukraine and urging him to “place an conclusion to this fatal war.”
This 7 days, Pink Floyd songwriter Polly Samson referred to as Waters “anti-Semitic” and “a Putin apologist” in a tweet.
Waters responded by submitting a assertion on Twitter that mentioned he “refutes fully” Samson’s accusation.
