Jeremy Vine has sparked more than 200 Ofcom complaints after suggesting Russian soldiers ‘deserve to die’ for taking part in the invasion of Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to move in on Ukraine two weeks ago, sparking heavy bombing across the country that has led to thousands of deaths and Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II.
On Monday 28th February, the broadcaster, 56, hosted a discussion on his Channel 5 daytime programme titled: ‘Would you go and fight in Ukraine?’
One caller rang in to the show and asked Vine: ‘What’s your problem with fighting Russians if they’ve invaded Ukraine? What’s your problem with doing that?’
They added that ‘Russia was [one of] our allies’ during World War II.
‘I don’t think they’re the enemies,’ they continued. ‘Quite a number of those Russians you’ll probably find will go across… they were holding their hands up this morning not wanting to fight the Ukrainians.’