Crackpot Russian state TV channel claims Britain has given so much aid to Ukraine the population is now starving and forced to eat squirrels
- Olga Skabeyeva, host of talk show 60 minutes, made the claim earlier this week
- The claim comes from unrelated guidance advocating eating grey squirrels
A Russian state TV channel claimed this week Britons are being forced to eat squirrels because of money going towards Ukraine.
Olga Skabeyeva, host of talk show 60 minutes, said restaurants in Britain were ‘serving squirrels’ because of a ‘food shortage’.
She also claimed Britons were happy to eat squirrels despite still supplying ‘howitzers’ to Ukraine.
It comes after woodland management company Three Atop recommended eating grey squirrels as a way of controlling their population.
But the company’s head of conservation Kerry Hosegood struck back at the claims and told the Times ‘it’s not controversial to eat them’.
Olga Skabeyeva, host of talk show 60 minutes, said restaurants in Britain were ‘serving squirrels’ because of a ‘national food shortage’
Miss Skabeyeva said: ‘Today it was revealed that some restaurants in once-Great Britain will be serving squirrels.
‘In view of the fact that there are plenty of animals in the parks, so why not eat them, bearing in mind the food shortage.
‘They are not backing down from the decision to help Zelenskyy, to supply weapons. That is, they will eat squirrels, but still supply howitzers.’
Skabayeva is one of Russia’s most prominent propagandists and frequently advocates for extreme positions on the war in Ukraine.
The UK has been one of Ukraine’s earliest and most vocal supporters since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.
It has committed £2.2billion worth of military aid as of February 2022, as well as training and humanitarian support.