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<\/div>\nPink Floyd reunited last year, without Roger Waters, to release a single in support of Ukraine (File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Pink\u00a0Floyd\u00a0co-founder Roger\u00a0Waters\u00a0was denounced by Ukraine Wednesday after he told the\u00a0United Nations Security Council that Russia’s invasion of its neighbor was “not\u00a0unprovoked.” The 79-year-old, who has sparked controversy before this with his stance on the war, was invited by Moscow to address the 15-member Council.<\/p>\n
“The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” the British musician said via video.<\/p>\n
But\u00a0Waters\u00a0then implied that Kyiv was to blame as well.<\/p>\n
“Also the Russian invasion of Ukraine was\u00a0not\u00a0unprovoked. So I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms,” he said, calling\u00a0for\u00a0an immediate ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Ukraine’s\u00a0UN\u00a0ambassador hit back, playing on the title of one of\u00a0Pink\u00a0Floyd’s most famous songs.<\/p>\n
“How sad\u00a0for\u00a0his\u00a0former fans to see him accepting the role of just a brick in the wall, a wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda,” said Sergiy Kyslytsya.<\/p>\n
Kyiv’s representative even referenced\u00a0the giant inflatable\u00a0pink\u00a0pig that featured in many of the progressive rock band’s shows.<\/p>\n
He said he was surprised the bassist had\u00a0not\u00a0arranged to have it floating in the Security Council chamber.<\/p>\n
“What could it have been this time Mr\u00a0Waters? Pigs with swastikas and the hammer and sickle?” Kyslytsya asked during the surreal discussion.<\/p>\n
The Council has held numerous debates on the war but has failed to take any action due to Russia’s veto.<\/p>\n
“If this is a toothless chamber, I can open my big mouth on behalf of the voices without fear of getting my head bitten off,”\u00a0Waters\u00a0said.<\/p>\n
Russia requested the meeting to discuss arms supplied to Ukraine by the West.<\/p>\n
US deputy ambassador Richard Mills said of\u00a0Waters: “While I certainly acknowledge his impressive credentials as a recording artist, his qualifications to speak to us as an expert briefer on arms control or European security issues, are less evident to me.”<\/p>\n
Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia welcomed the participation of a man he called “one of the most prominent activists of the contemporary anti-war movement.”<\/p>\n
Last September,\u00a0Waters\u00a0was declared persona non grata by the Polish city of Krakow after his concerts\u00a0were\u00a0scrapped there over his war stance.<\/p>\n
Waters\u00a0had written an open letter that month saying the West should stop providing arms to Kyiv, accusing President Volodymyr Zelensky of allowing “extreme nationalism” in Ukraine and urging him to “put an end to this deadly war.”<\/p>\n
This week,\u00a0Pink\u00a0Floyd\u00a0songwriter Polly Samson, wife of band member David Gilmour, called\u00a0Waters\u00a0“anti-Semitic” and “a Putin apologist” in a tweet.<\/p>\n
Waters\u00a0responded by posting a statement on Twitter that said he “refutes entirely” Samson’s accusation.<\/p>\n
Pink\u00a0Floyd\u00a0reunited last year, without\u00a0Waters, to release a single in support of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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