Local business owners in Perm publicly apologize after video shows them making toasts in support of Ukraine

Two business owners in Perm, Danil Guryanov and Danila Shishkin, posted Instagram stories making toasts “For Ukraine” and were shown saying “Glory to the heroes.” They soon received numerous threats on social media and were called “traitors” who could “only be saved by volunteering to go to the front.”

Guryanov and Shishkin later posted a video publicly apologizing for their actions. They urged others “to watch what they say” and “to not repeat their mistakes,” reports news outlet Sota.