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The actor visited a prison camp holding Ukrainian detainees, where an explosion killed roughly 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war a week prior.

Steven Seagal is once again embracing his role as a Kremlin propagandist.

The d-list actor known for 90s action flicks such as Under Siege recently traveled to occupied eastern Ukraine, where he visited a prison camp run by Russian-backed separatists and spread Kremlin talking points.

Footage shared by Russian state media showed the 70-year-old standing in what was identified as the wreckage of Ukraine’s Olenivka prison in Donetsk. The prison was the site where an explosion in late July killed approximately 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war in disputed circumstances. Russia accused Ukraine of firing American-made rocket launchers at the prison, while Ukraine insisted that Russia staged an artillery attack to cover up war crimes committed at the prison.

Among the detainees killed in the deadly attack were reportedly members of the far-right Azov regiment who had been captured following the siege of Mariupol.

In the video published by Russian state media, Seagal observed the site and claimed that fragments of American missiles were present in the wreckage, which he argued confirms Ukraine’s involvement in the attack.

“This is where HIMARS hit, 50 people were killed, another 70 were injured,” Seagal said in the video posted to the pro-Kremlin news site TVZVEZDA. “It definitely looks like a rocket. If you look at the burning and other details, of course, it’s not a bomb.”

Seagal went on to claim that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the attack to “silence a Nazi” held at the prison.

“The interesting thing is that one of the killed Nazis is a Nazi who just started talking a lot about Zelenskyy,” Seagal said, “and that Zelenskyy is responsible for the orders about torture and other atrocities that violate not only the Geneva War Convention, but are also crimes against humanity.”

Seagal, who has Russian heritage, has long been tied to the Kremlin. In 2016, he was awarded Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin, and was appointed as a special representative in charge of “Russian-US humanitarian ties” two years later. He also played at a concert for pro-Russian separatists in the Crimean peninsula following its annexation.

In 2021, Seagal joined the nominally opposition political party Just Russia for Truth.

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Despite deciding to ink another deal to return to Professional Fighters League (PFL), Kayla Harrison hasn’t given up her efforts to lock down a fight against current Bellator MMA Featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg.

And she has her employers backing her up in her quest.

PFL co-founder, Don Davis, has revealed that he is more than willing to front the fight purses to make the “super” fight between the two dominant champions happen, saying that he will pay each fighter $1 million with the winner taking home an added $2 million bonus.

While Bellator MMA President, Scott Coker, is very open to cross-promoting fights, the details of it all are what will slow down the process.

“There’s a lot of questions,” Coker in an interview with MMA Fighting back in April. “Not only is it who pays for what, but who owns what? How do the rights work after? It’s just a lot of details that go into these kinds of co-promotions and I’m not sure if we could put a deal together.

“But if we can, it’s something that’s worth at least a conversation but, like I said, doing business on social networks, trying to take shots at us, that’s kid’s play,” he continued. “This is a real business. This is a real company, and we’re in the business of putting fights together so pick up a phone, give me a call if you want to do something. That’s how I feel.”

As for Harrison, she is all for giving Cyborg everything she wants to make the fight happen.

“We can do winner takes all, or we can do when she loses, she gets to keep her purse,” Harrison said in a series of Tweets (via MMA Junkie). I”f she needs help getting the deal signed, I will call Peter Murray myself, and Donn Davis, and ask them. Whatever price she wants, I will speak to them on her behalf, and I will go through a full USADA drug testing. I will be drug tested every day from now until the fight if she’s worried about that. She doesn’t have to be drug tested at all. The only thing that I ask is that they allow elbows. … So I can put one through her skull.”

Soon thereafter, Cyborg blocked the judoka on social media.

Winner of six straight, Cyborg is set to make her boxing debut on Sept. 25, 2022 against Simone Silva in Curitiba, Brazil. As for Harrison, she will face Martina Jindrova in the semifinals of the women’s Lightweight tournament on Aug. 20, 2022, in London, England.

Whether or not a fight between the two talented champions ever comes to fruition remains to be seen, but it seems PFL and Harrison are ramping up efforts on their end, leaving Scott Coker and Co. with the next move.