It has never been a secret that much of the Western mainstream media "journalist and pundit class" are in reality warmongers and armchair interventionists and chickenhawks - or also activists and advocates operating under the guise of "objective reporting".
One German journalist was surprisingly open with his lust for blood at a press conference in Belgrade on Saturday. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens posed a surprisingly blunt question to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic looking on at the other podium. The journalist wanted to know how Europeans could concretely assist in "killing more Russians". Watch:
🇩🇪🇷🇺 German journalist who asked Zelensky how Europeans can "help kill more Russians" turns out to be the grandson of a high-ranking Nazi
— The Other Side Media (@TheOtherSideRu) August 10, 2026
Michael Martens's grandfather was a senior Wehrmacht command officer
He is now facing backlash, with a petition calling for his firing https://t.co/wDoGfUmBWd pic.twitter.com/xL6gUPC0dr
"Can you tell us Europeans what can we concretely do to help you to kill more Russians?" Martens asked.
He quickly checked himself, adding that he means "more Russian soldiers, of course." President Vucic is seen with a look of shock on his face as the question is being asked, raising his eyebrows in apparent disbelief.
Zelensky had responded to the question with the u
