Russia Today anchor resigns on air over Ukraine

A news anchor at the state-funded news channel Russia Today has announced her resignation live on air over the situation in Ukraine.

Liz Wahl, who describes herself as Filipina-Hungarian-American, said she decided to leave her role as Russia Today "whitewashes the actions of Putin".

"As a reporter on this network I face many ethical and moral challenges," Ms Wahl said. "My partner is a physician at a military base where he sees every day the first hand accounts of the ultimate prices that people pay for this country."

"I'm proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I am resigning".

It follows the on-air condemnation of Moscow's actions by another Russia Today news anchor who said: "What Russia did is wrong."