Roger Waters Thinks He Is on a Ukrainian ‘Kill List’

Is Roger Waters a wished man of the Ukraine authorities? The singer has been vocal in his response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and through an interview with Rolling Stone, the onetime Pink Floyd frontman claims to be named “on a kill list supported by the Ukraine government.”

Last month, Waters penned an open letter to the First Lady of Ukraine through which he requested that she and her husband “stop the slaughter” by surrendering the territories that Russia had gained management of within the present conflict. He then penned a second letter asking Russian president Vladimir Putin to vow to not “overrun the whole of Europe,” whereas mentioning nothing of relenting from the present invasion of the Ukraine.

During the interview, when Waters was offered with proof of Russian conflict crimes, the singer countered, “You’ve seen it on what I’ve just described to you as western propaganda. It’s exactly the obverse of saying, Russian propaganda, Russians interfered with our election, Russians did that. It’s all lies, lies, lies, lies.”

Later on throughout the chat, Waters expressed to the interviewer that he was “on a kill list supported by the Ukrainian government.” Further elaborating, he commented, “I’m on the fucking list and they’ve killed people recently. There was that young Dugina woman in Paris who I think they were trying to bomb her father. No, in Moscow. They were trying to bomb her father-in-law [her father] and they killed her. But when they kill you, they write liquidated across your picture. Well, I’m one of those fucking pictures.”

According to Rolling Stone, the record that Waters is referring to is “maintained by a far-right Ukrainian group that accommodates a whole lot of 1000’s of enemies of Ukraine.” They add that the list is not a “kill record,” but is a place for “information for law enforcement authorities and special services.” While it has been condemned by the Ukraine authorities, the record has not been eliminated.

These newest feedback come after Waters’ proposed 2023 reveals in Poland have been cancelled, although the singer claims he had no involvement within the dates being pulled. Waters is at the moment out on his “This Is Not a Drill” solo tour.

It’s believed that the cancellations have been a results of backlash to Waters’ public letters. Krakow metropolis councillor Łukasz Wantuch had reportedly instructed his constituents to boycott Waters’ reveals in Poland subsequent yr and had been behind a movement to declare Waters a “persona non grata.” It was set to be voted on by the council on Sept. 28, in response to the BBC.

CNN studies that Live Nation Poland confirms the present cancelations however the promoter has to this point given no clarification. However, Waters responded in a Facebook assertion to dispel rumors he canceled the reveals himself.