“Right now, when we see that the infrastructure is being destroyed every day. The infrastructure that helps Ukraine to fight, to kill our people, on the territories that are now ours.

“I am amazed by our people, and I, unfortunately, know many of them, including those in very high circles, who are afraid of this and are afraid to call things as they are, because of what people over there may think.”

Simonyan continued: “We could spit on what they’ll think over there.

“People who are afraid of the Hague, listen you should be afraid to lose, to be humiliated and be afraid to betray your people.”