Andrii Norkin- a Russian journalist, TV and radio presenter
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Andrii Norkin is a Russian journalist, and TV and radio host.
In 2014, he actively supported the Russian occupation of Crimea. He constantly speaks out in support of pro-Russian militants fighting on the territory of Ukraine and promotes intolerance and violence.
At the end of 2021, he declared that Ukraine had lost to Russia forever.
In June 2022, after the death of children as a result of shelling by the Russian occupiers of Vinnytsia, he called it “collateral losses”. At the same time, he called on the Russian Federation to intensify its actions and hit Ukraine even harder.
He hinted at the possibility of a nuclear strike by Russia. He stated that “to be Russian means not only to be ready for a nuclear war but also to have certain plans for the future.”
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1. He urged not to sympathize with Ukrainians who are forced to hide in bomb shelters due to shelling by the Russian occupiers (February 28, 2022)
He said that they should not sympathize with Ukrainians then because supposedly no one had sympathized with Donbas in such circumstances before.
2. He called the death of 23 peaceful Ukrainians, including three children, in Vinnytsia as a result of a missile attack by the Russian occupiers “collateral losses” (July 15, 2022)
3. He claimed that “the Russian Federation is fighting with NATO on the territory of Ukraine” (September 13, 2022)
He said that the North Atlantic Alliance allegedly “controls the Kyiv regime, supplies it with weapons, ammunition and mercenaries.”
4. He stated that Ukraine was allegedly deliberately scaring the public with the possibility of a nuclear strike by Russia in order to drag the West into war (September 27, 2022)
5. He threatened Ukraine with strikes on energy facilities if it did not agree to negotiations with the aggressor country Russia (October 28, 2022)
