a news editor for a russian state tv channel missing this morning after interrupting a live news broadcast to protest russia s invasion of ukraine. maria ovsyannikova held up a sign saying no war. it is a remarkable sign of defiance, no war, stop the war, do not believe the propaganda they tell you lies here. that s what the sign says. while shouting similar remarks before the program cut away. the bottom of her sign read, russians against war in english. her statement marks the first time that an employee from russian state media has publicly denounced the war as the country continues its crackdown on dissent. and just in, the lawyer tells cnn he still does not know where she is. that s despite trying to locate her for the past 15 hours.
with a sign that reads, stop the war. do not believe propaganda. they are telling lies here. she released this prerecorded message before her protest. translator: what s happening now in ukraine is a crime and russia, their sensibility for the lives and conscience of only one person, vladimir putin. go and do not be afraid. they cannot arrest us all. maria ovsyannikova. brian stelter, we were still concerned about her whereabouts and now know she s in a courtroom. what are we learning? we don t know if she s sentenced to ten days in jail or ten years in jail. it s draconian, 15 years in prison for calling a war a war. we don t know exactly what she s facing but we know she s in custody and was almost the moment she made this on-air protest. it was seen for only a few seconds on russian tv but it s