RTE Prime Time viewers watched as the hit show put a special focus on Russia during Thursday evening's episode.
It's coming up to two months since Vladimir Putin ordered the illegal invasion of Ukraine to begin.
Since that point, millions of people have been forced to flee, with hundreds of thousands more being killed during airstikes, battles on the ground and bombings.
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In the last few days, Putin has changed tactics, withdrawing from major cities like Kyiv and Dniper to focus instead on the Donbas region, having failed to capture any big towns so far.
Most of the world has condemned the Kremlin for their actions - but as Prime Time showed, Putin is still very popular in parts of Russia itself.
"Putin does everything right. He puts things in order in Ukraine," one man told the show.
"I think after the conflict ends people will understand the truth. Now not many know the truth, but once the war will be settled everyone will understand that the Russian operation was right."
"I think he is very smart, reasonable and calm. He is good at politics. His decisions are correct, " added a second woman.
"They show fake news about something that doesn't really exist about terrorists, about our soldiers raping and murdering. I think it is all fake. Not truth," she continued.
One person responded: "Still hearing people saying it’s all down to one man. A reminder from St Petersburg that it’s not"
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