Ukraine criticizes Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters speech at the United Nations Security Council

After the speech, Ukraine’s security council delegate Sergiy Kyslytsya criticized him as just “a brick in Russia’s wall of propaganda and disinformation”.

At the meeting of the security council, ambassadors from countries around the world came together to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

Before the event, Russia’s representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy confirmed that the country had invited rock musicians to attend.

Waters spoke to the room via a video call and said he was representing “the feelings of countless brothers and sisters around the world”.

Reflecting on the war, he said: “It is illegal for the Russian Federation to invade Ukraine. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.

“Also, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not without reason. Therefore, I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms.”

He continued: “So what do millions of voiceless people have to say? They said thank you for listening to us today. We are many people who do not share in the profits of the war industry.

“We are not willing to raise our son and daughter to feed your cannon.

“In our view, the only reasonable course of action now is to call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, no if, no but, no and.

“There is not a single Ukrainian or Russian life left, not a single life, it is all precious in our eyes. So it’s time to speak the truth before the power.”

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The invitation from the Russian delegation came after Waters gave an interview to the Berliner Zeitung earlier this month in which he said: “Perhaps I shouldn’t be, but now I’m more open to listening to what Putin has to say. really say.

“According to the independent voices that I listen to, he runs cautiously, making decisions by consensus within the government of the Russian Federation.”

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations Kyslytsya later spoke at the security council meeting and reminded the room that Pink Floyd was banned in the Soviet Union after they condemned the country’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. .

He added: “It is ironic, if not hypocritical, that Mr Waters is now trying to whitewash another invasion.

“It is sad for his former fans to see him accept the role of just ‘a brick in the wall’, the wall of Russian propaganda and disinformation.

“This pop star can easily ignore accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, he can completely ignore crimes of aggression,” 143 members of the Dai council, numerous reports from UN agencies, ICC, ICJ, government and citizens, and he was able to entertain crowds in Moscow because the dictator was there, whom Mr. Waters identified as the ‘new Hitler’, not guilty of genocide of the native Russian population?”