To Russia with love: ABC takes down interview sympathetic to Moscow’s stance on Ukraine

A boy stands next to a wrecked vehicle in front of a damaged apartment building in Mariupol after Russian attacks on the city. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

In a rare move, the ABC has removed a 25-minute interview with a former Australian diplomat that “unduly favoured Russia’s perspective” and contained a number of assertions that were “highly contentious and were not adequately challenged or contextualised”.

“The ABC deeply regrets these misjudgements,” the correction, posted on Saturday, read.