Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko calls on the heads of Russian federal TV channels to influence Russian society to change the current situation.

"I appeal to the heads of Russian federal channels: Konstantin Ernst, Oleg Dobrodeev, Tatyana Mitkova. I remember you as those who made the democratic revolution on Russian television in the 1990s. Then you believed in everything good and were against everything bad. What your channels have turned into in recent years, you see for yourself, it's not for me to tell you," Tkachenko wrote in his Telegram channel.

The Minister published a video of the rocket attack on the central square of Kharkiv and wrote: "Maybe these shots will make you remember where you started everything. This is the broken city of Kharkiv, the dead civilians."

Tkachenko said that it was in their power to do what they did in the 1990s when they toppled the Soviet regime.

"Since it is useless to explain something to your current leader, I will try to get through to you. Television is a big force. It is in your power to change the situation. You can influence Russian society so that peaceful people in Ukraine stop suffering, and Russians do not slide into the abyss of poverty and suffering, just because one person wanted to start a war in the 21st century," he said.