In Moscow, an employee of the main state-owned television station Channel One burst onto the set during Monday evening’s live news broadcast holding a sign reading “No war… Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.” The protester, Channel One producer and editor Marina Ovsyannikova, appeared on screen for several seconds shouting, “Stop the war. No to war,” before the camera cut away.

Marina Ovsyannikova: “Stop the war! No to war!”

Marina Ovsyannikova was arrested by officers with Russia’s Interior Ministry. She has since disappeared and reportedly has no access to legal representation. Ahead of her protest, she recorded a video saying she had worked for years spreading Kremlin propaganda as a producer at Channel One.

Marina Ovsyannikova: “I am ashamed I allowed lies to be told on TV screens. I’m ashamed I allowed Russian people to be fooled. We were silent in 2014 when it all started. We did not go out to protest when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We simply watched this inhumane regime. Now the whole world has turned away from us, and the next 10 generations of our descendants will not wash away the shame of this fratricidal war. We Russians are wise and proud. It is up to us to stop this madness. Come out to protest. Do not be afraid. They cannot put all of us in jail.”

As she spoke, Ovsyannikova wore a necklace featuring Ukraine’s national colors — blue and yellow — alongside Russia’s white, blue and red. She said her father is Ukrainian and her mother is Russian. Human rights groups in Russia say 15,000 people have been arrested in antiwar protests since the start of the Ukraine invasion.