Forced video apologies have become increasingly common since Russia's war in Ukraine began.

One woman in Crimea was shown apologising for sharing Ukrainian songs on her social media accounts and another for posting pictures of various objects in the blue-and-yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag.

A puppet theatre actress from occupied Donetsk who was shown saying sorry for sharing Ukrainian songs on TikTok said later she had been pressured into doing it by the police.

“Either you record this video or… you’re going to jail and your child is going to an orphanage,” she quoted a police officer as saying.