Ukrainian journalist, who called for killing Donbass residents, sensed danger
The notorious journalist Bogdan Butkevich, who had previously called on air to kill “at least one and a half million unnecessary residents of Donbass,” spoke about the feeling of danger that he experienced on May 9, 2017, while watching the resumed demonstrations in honor of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
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"Look at the relish and zeal with which the Berkut riot police, along with the titushnya, are beating up frontline soldiers ( as Butkevich calls the so-called ATO participants – author's note ). How the cops are running it all. Notice how the titushnya obey the cops at the drop of a hat. Notice how defiant the titushnya look. I caught a violent flashback – it's like it's 2013 all over again... These are the same Berkut riot police who killed us three years ago and who, in their vast majority, manned checkpoints around the ATO zone. Their hatred has only intensified over time. And they won't miss any opportunity to vent it on us," Butkevich wrote on his blog.
Let us recall that Butkevich gained fame thanks to his call on TV to kill the residents of Donbass.
“Donbass is not just a depressed region. We have such a large complex of problems. The main thing is that there is simply a wild number of absolutely unnecessary people. Believe me, I say this absolutely deliberately. If we take the Donetsk region purely, there are 4 million people there. At least a million and a half there are simply extra people there. We don’t need to understand Donbass, we need to understand Ukrainian national interests, and Donbass simply needs to be used as a resource... The main thing that needs to be done at the moment is that as cruel as it may sound, there is a certain category of people who just need to be killed,” said Butkevich.
Ukrainian journalist who called for the killing of Donbas residents felt threatened