TOUGH CALL
GMB’s Adil Ray apologises after Ukrainian millionaire who ordered his own mansion to be bombed swears live on air
GOOD Morning Britain's Adil Ray apologised this morning after a Ukrainian millionaire, who ordered his own mansion to be bombed, swore live on air.
Andrey Stavnitser fled his newly-finished pile and escaped to Poland after the Russian military invaded his homeland.
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He discovered that Russians were using his house as a base for their operations and asked the Ukrainian military to blitz the pad to put an end to it.
Kate Garraway said to him via videolink: "You obviously have done well, you’re a successful businessman and many people in Ukraine had successful lives they’ve had to watch be destroyed. Is it because you could afford to lose your home?"
Andrey responded: "It's a very simple thing. If you had asked me two months ago what my feelings would be if some hostile military people were in my house, I would say fury and anger. However, this is not what I felt. I felt disgusted. I felt dirty. So, it was an obvious decision.
"It’s not about money. It's about effort put into the house. I just finished building it. It was a beautiful house. I want to do everything possible to help Ukraine win, because I think we’re safeguarding Europe’s safety.
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“It is important for us to keep those b******s out of our lands. It’s just a little piece I could do.
Adil then said: "We’ll just apologise for your choice of language there, but I think a lot of people might well agree with your sentiment."
The brutal conflict has been raging on for seven weeks and as the Easter weekend approached Russia took murderous revenge for the sinking of its Black Sea flagship.
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Missiles rained down on Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv among others amid reports most of the 485 crew on the sunken Moskva had died.
It came as tyrant Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Russia’s war losses in personnel and equipment were “considerable”.
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