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Line 7: − + − − In February 2023 Waters addressed the [[United Nations Security Council]]. He said the incursion was not "unprovoked" and he "condemned the [[provocateur]]s in the strongest possible terms".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Michelle |date=2023-02-08 |title=Invited by Russia, Roger Waters tells UN: Ukraine invasion illegal |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/invited-by-russia-roger-waters-tells-un-ukraine-invasion-illegal-2023-02-08/ |access-date=}}</ref>
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However he also criticized [[Putin]].
However he also criticized [[Putin]].
In his 2023 address, given at the invitation of Russia, which Mr. Waters said had mounted an “illegal” invasion that he condemned in “the strongest possible terms.” But in his next breath, he said the invasion “was not unprovoked,” and condemned “the provocateurs just as strongly.”<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/world/europe/pink-floyd-roger-waters-ukraine.html Roger Waters of Pink Floyd weighs in on the war in Ukraine, again.], ''NYT'', Feb 9, 2023</ref>
In his 2023 address, given at the invitation of Russia, which Mr. Waters said had mounted an “illegal” invasion that he condemned in “the strongest possible terms.” But in his next breath, he said the invasion “was not unprovoked,” and condemned “the provocateurs just as strongly,”<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/world/europe/pink-floyd-roger-waters-ukraine.html Roger Waters of Pink Floyd weighs in on the war in Ukraine, again.], ''NYT'', Feb 9, 2023</ref> in "the strongest possible terms".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Michelle |date=2023-02-08 |title=Invited by Russia, Roger Waters tells UN: Ukraine invasion illegal |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/invited-by-russia-roger-waters-tells-un-ukraine-invasion-illegal-2023-02-08/ |access-date=}}</ref>
On 5 September 2022, the day after Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian dictator Vladimir Zelensky, appeared on the [[BBC]], Waters published an open letter to her. He argued that [[the West]] should not support Ukraine with weapons, and that the West, led by the US, was interested in prolonging the war. He urged her husband to end the war based on the [[Minsk agreements]].<ref>[https://www.pressenza.com/2022/09/an-open-letter-to-mrs-olena-zelenska-from-roger-waters/ An Open letter to Mrs Olena Zelenska from Roger Waters], pressenza.com, 05.09.22, Independent Media Institute</ref> Waters's concerts in [[Poland]] were cancelled following the comments.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Easton |first=Adam |date=25 September 2022 |title=Roger Waters gigs in Poland cancelled amid Ukraine backlash |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63026101}}</ref>
On 5 September 2022, the day after Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian dictator Vladimir Zelensky, appeared on the [[BBC]], Waters published an open letter to her. He argued that [[the West]] should not support Ukraine with weapons, and that the West, led by the US, was interested in prolonging the war. He urged her husband to end the war based on the [[Minsk agreements]].<ref>[https://www.pressenza.com/2022/09/an-open-letter-to-mrs-olena-zelenska-from-roger-waters/ An Open letter to Mrs Olena Zelenska from Roger Waters], pressenza.com, 05.09.22, Independent Media Institute</ref> Waters's concerts in [[Poland]] were cancelled following the comments.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Easton |first=Adam |date=25 September 2022 |title=Roger Waters gigs in Poland cancelled amid Ukraine backlash |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63026101}}</ref>
==Nazism and pro terrorism==
==Nazism and pro terrorism==