Ukrainian pundits call Ukraine war a war on state TV

Pundits have spoken out against the Ukrainian war on Russian state television, including one who called it Afghanistan, but even worse Guests appeared to break ranks with Kremlinpropaganda by calling for an end to the deadly invasion, according to media reports.

The Russian government has stepped up censorship since it launched its invasion of Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of civilians and caused more than two million to flee in the first two weeks.

The Kremlin has blocked most of Russia's independent media outlets and forced the rest to halt coverage altogether with threats of prosecution and prison for reporting that deviates from the official line, which includes calling the action a war or invasion.

State television broadcasts messages claiming Russian troops are in Ukraine to save people from neo-Nazis and to disarm a country that was about to wage war.

Some guests on the Kremlin-backed TV have shared their opposition to the war.

I have a hard time picturing cities such as Kyiv. According to the Daily Beast, Karen Shakhnazarov, pundit, said on Wednesday that the state TV show The Evening With Vladimir Soloviev would look like.

If this picture starts to turn into an absolute humanitarian disaster, even our closest allies like China and India will have to distance themselves from us. This public opinion, with which they are saturating the entire world, can play badly for us. The pundit said that it would be good for the country's economy to be fixed by ending this operation. The Daily Beast reported another guest, Semyon Bagdasarov, as saying: We don't need to stay there longer than necessary. Do we need to get into Afghanistan? There are more people and they are more advanced in their handling of weapons. Earlier this week, staff at an independent TV station staged a mass walk-out after being forced off-air over their coverage of the Ukraine invasion.