A TALIBAN-LOVING YouTuber rowed 25 miles in a dinghy to bizarrely offer the world’s most dangerous tribe a coconut and Coke.

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, risked his life by journeying to North Sentinel Island – where unwanted visitors are often killed.

Cops say he sailed to the island on Saturday on an inflatable boat with a motor and GPS – putting the world’s most isolated tribe at risk.

And it has been revealed that Polyakov had been held by cops earlier in the week after making an unauthorised landing on the island.

The 24-year-old individual had already visited the island twice before, once in October and again in January, as reported by MailOnline, making this his third journey.

Polyakov reached the island using the inflatable Gemini dinghy. Authorities were surprised when they discovered binoculars, a GoPro, and a life jacket in his room at The Andaman Sunset View hotel.

According to a report referenced by MailOnline, he landed on the island at 1 a.m. last Saturday, having sailed from Kurma Dera Beach with a coconut and a Diet Coke in hand.

And, upon arriving on the North Sentinel Island, Go Pro footage apparently depicted him “claiming unofficial representation of the US,” it added.

Polyakov reached the northeastern shore of the island around nine hours later at around 10am, according to the report.

Here, he scanned the area from his boat using binoculars.

He then blew a whistle repeatedly for about an hour in a crazed attempt to attract attention, but no one responded.

Then, in a bizarre turn of events, Polyakov briefly stepped onto the island and left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut as offerings.

He also collected sand samples and recorded a video on his GoPro before leaving on his boat.

Polyakov was later arrested on his return to the mainland after local fisherman alerted cops.

The police said his trip was meticulously planned and suggested he had studied sea conditions, tides and access points before setting sail.

And it seems he had been planning the exploit for a while, as the report added that Polyakov visited Port Blair in October last year with the intention of sailing to the island – before getting stopped by hotel staff.

His plans were even seemingly teased on social media five months ago.

He uploaded a cartoon image of a Tintin style adventurer with a small brown dog, sailing a small boat towards a desert island with the caption: “A little Columbus day teaser for the fans”.

The police added that Polyakov had previously attempted illegal interactions with other indigenous tribes in the area.

It is also claimed that he travelled to Baratang island in January and illegally filmed members of the Jarawa tribe.

Polyakov now has a case against him for breach of protection of aboriginal tribes.

Polyakov regularly posts travel videos on his YouTube channel to his 400 subscribers under the username Neo-Orientalist.

This is said to refer to the concept of neo-Orientalism which critiques the way Western countries portray the Islamic world.

After visiting Afghanistan last year, he posted a series of six videos titled “Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan Through American Eyes”.

The footage recorded his three week stay as he filmed himself walking through the streets, meeting with local people and interacting with the Taliban.

In some of the most shocking footage the man can be seen posing with the Taliban before being handed a machine gun and draping an ammunition belt round his neck.

He can then be heard saying “yes”, as he holds up the weapon.

Polyakov posted the videos with the caption: “In this series, I take a three-week road trip across what has become the unrecognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan following the chaotic US withdrawal in 2021 and the rapid takeover of the country by the Taliban.”

“Recognized as a terrorist group by many countries, the Taliban maintain a strict theocratic regime in which music, dancing, women’s education, being clean shaven, using birth control, and even the depiction of faces are forbidden.

“Join me as I navigate one of the most dangerous and unquestionably the most conservative country in the world.”

Polyakov also filmed himself walking through an abandoned US military based as he explored a sand bugged bunker with bullet holes and shrapnel damage.

Another bombshell moment was clip he uploaded entitled “Road Rage Afghan Edition” in which he said a “traffic dispute ends in gunfire”.

The last visitor to the island was John Allen Chau, a Christian missionary.

The 26-year-old was killed in a hail of arrows after venturing onto the remote island unannounced.

Chau visited the isle after reportedly feeling called by God to share his beliefs with the tribe.

Efforts to recover John’s body were abandoned over fears of further antagonising the remote Sentinelese.

Two fishermen who strayed on to the island in 2006 were also killed – and one week after their deaths, their bodies were hooked on bamboo stakes facing out to sea.

Contacting isolated tribes can be extremely dangerous due to their lack of immunity to common diseases in the outside world.

And it could even risk leading to devastating epidemics by transmitting a new kind of bug from them to the rest of the planet.

The director of indigenous rights group Survival International, Caroline Pearce, said the American’s attempt to make contact with the tribe was “deeply disturbing”.

Pearce said: “It beggars belief that someone could be that reckless and idiotic.

“This person’s actions not only endangered his own life, they put the lives of the entire Sentinelese tribe at risk.

“It’s very well known by now that uncontacted peoples have no immunity to common outside diseases like flu or measles, which could completely wipe them out.”

North Sentinel Island has been off limits since 1996, and it is illegal to come within three miles of it.

Anthropologists estimate that there could be anywhere between 50 to 100 people who live there.

Not much is known about the people who live on the island, other than their violence and unwillingness to communicate with outsiders.

The tribe carries bows and arrows, as well as spears and knives.

They do not welcome unwanted visitors and will kill them if they get too close.

Only a small group of people have ever been on the island and lived to tell the tale.