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BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker responds after backlash for apologising as Ukrainian singer swears over Putin
02.03.2022 - 15:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Dan Walker stepped in and apologised when a Ukrainian singer swore live on BBC Breakfast.
The presenter and co-host Sally Nugent were joined by Maria Burmaka via video link from her home in Kyiv.
The musician has been putting a speaker up to the window of her apartment and singing the Ukrainian national anthem in the heart of the capital amid the Russian offensive.
She told the show: "The Ukrainian anthem is very important for all Ukrainians and I’m a musician and I decided to take my amplifier and open the window and sing to the districts.
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"My building is on one of the hills and all districts hear this anthem."
Maria said that from her window she could see Russian forces bombing the Holocaust memorial in the city and she has been taking shelter in the parking garage underneath her building, which she described as "cold and scary".
She added: "I cry and don’t want anybody to see that I cry because I have to be strong, but this is fascism.
"I ask all overlords to help us and support us, you have to know what horror is here."
Asked if she was tempted to flee Ukraine, she said: "I am staying here now, I want to stay here, many people go out of Ukraine but…I will not run from my native city, this is my home and I want to be here in the heart of Kyiv and sing for my people and maybe I will sing my national anthem again from this window."
Maria continued: “I want to say to Putin, you’re a murderer, you’re an aggressor, Ukraine was never against Russia.
"Like our soldiers say: 'F*** you.'"
Dan swiftly interrupted her to say: "I really understand the depth of feeling but I have to apologise to our viewers for the language there."
He added:
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02.03.2022 / 15:55
Dan Walker forced to apologise as BBC guest swears at Vladimir Putin live on air
BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was forced to apologise to viewers of the show when a Ukrainian guest swore at Russian President Vladimir Putin while live on air. Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka joined Dan and his co-host Sally Nugent on the morning show to talk about the current situation, as Russia continues to attack Ukraine.