Former Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff has slammed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The skilled dancer hit out after followers had been left fuming by an alleged 'professional Vladimir Putin ' tweet.
The 44-year-old was criticised over 'insensitive' posts within the wake of the army motion.
She retweeted a cartoon depicting caricatures of Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau with blood on their fingers.
As reported by our sister title The Mirror, US president Biden was drawn pointing, with the phrases 'Russian man unhealthy' written in a speech bubble.
Kristina had captioned the tweet: "Don’t even should say something - pure genius."
She later shared a headline by Sky Information which introduced that Russia had been kicked out of the Eurovision Track Contest, which is because of happen later this yr.
Kristina wrote alongside it: "F….ing breaking information.
"Are you for actual @SkyNews? WTF! And the place are we at with bringing @BorisJohnson accountable for ruining 1000's of small enterprise whereas parting throughout lockdowns?????? This tweet EVERYTHING WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE UK MEDIA & USELESS @GOVUK #Eurovision" [sic]
After followers slammed the dancer for the "inappropriate" tweets, Kristina determined to react to the backlash by clarifying her ideas on the warfare in Ukraine and the way she is firmly in opposition to the actions of her homeland.
In an announcement which she posted on social media, Kristina wrote: "I made enjoyable of Eurovision tweet by Sky. I did suppose there was way more necessary info on that day that Eurovision.
"That is in any type says I used to be supporting what’s occurring in the intervening time between Russia & Ukraine.
"It’s completely devastating for somebody like me who’s grandad from Ukraine and I gave Ukrainian title to my daughter - Milena."
Kristina's assertion continued: "My greatest good friend can be from Ukraine. I grew up with data that we had been one nation and one nation. I’m not into politics and hate politicians as a result of THEY ALL LIE.
"Seeing the information is breaking my coronary heart as I've Russian mates who dwell in UKRAINE and vice versa.
"The terrible factor is that there's casualties on either side and on either side mums & dads will cry for his or her misplaced kin."
Kristina concluded her assertion: "The purpose is that this shouldn’t ever taken place, by no means ought to have occurred.
"The nation leaders ought to have discovered the way in which a very long time in the past to type this peacefully however they didn’t bcs warfare is a worthwhile enterprise and somebody sadly making revenue on this.
"I’m not supporting Putin, warfare, invasion, misplaced lives and politics.
"I hate it as a lot as a human being presumably can.
"If I offended anybody it wasn’t my intention and I’m deeply sorry."
Krisitina's assertion was met with a extra constructive response amongst her followers than her unique tweets.
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