Oleksandr Zinchenko, a Ukrainian footballer, claims that Instagram removed his story post in which he expressed his hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin experiences the “most excruciating suffering death” when the Russian president started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
‘I wish you endure the most horrible suffering death, beast,’ the Manchester City defender captioned a snapshot of Putin on his Instagram story.
The post has since been removed, and Zinchenko believes that Instagram has removed his post in what appears to be a move of censorship against Ukraine.
After Putin gave the command for his soldiers to attack, Russia started an all-out war on Ukraine with missiles and bombs, tanks rolling across the border from Belarus, troops parachuted down on eastern districts, and explosions seen across the country.
It happened after Putin delivered an astonishing early-morning address to the Russian public – delivered during a UN summit aimed at preventing conflict – in which he announced a “special military operation” to “de-militarize” and “de-Nazify” Ukraine, effectively declaring war.
The Russian strongman also delivered a stern warning to any countries considering visiting Russia.