Ukrainian diplomat tells Roger Waters to keep to 'strumming guitar' after pushing misinformation | Business Insider

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Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters spoke on behalf of Russia at the UN security council on Wednesday.

Over the last few years, Waters haswww.BusinessInsider.co.zaPink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters was called out for making conspiratorial comments about the war in Ukraine on Wednesday after he testified at a UN security council on behalf of Russian diplomats.

Phoning into the meeting from a Swiss mountaintop chalet, Waters said he was representing"four billion brothers and sisters" in sharing Russia's position on its war in Ukraine, which is nearing the one-year mark,But in reality, Waters has spent years trafficking misinformation about the wars in Ukraine and Syria, and at the meeting, he was ceremoniously called out by Ukraine's UN representative.

During Wednesday's meeting, Waters struck a more flimsy tone, criticising Russia on one hand and obfuscating its role on the other. "The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms," Waters said, per The Guardian."Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms."

Waters' reference to"provocateurs" in Ukraine followed in line with misinformation he has pushed about the war in the past years, which included claiming to CNN that US President Joe Biden and NATO

 

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