Journalist Marina Ovsyannikova says she is ‘a patriot’ and will stay in the country, and that she hopes her son will understand her actions when he is older.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Marina Ovsyannikova, an anti-war protester who interrupted a Russian TV broadcast, in his daily video address in Telegram: "I am thankful to those Russians that do not cease trying to get the truth out, who fight against disinformation and tell the truth, tell real facts to their friends, relatives. And personally to the girl who entered the studio of Channel 1 with a poster against the war. To those who are not afraid to protest, before your country closes totally from the rest of the world, turning into a very big North Korea. You need to fight, you shouldn't miss your own chance."