Washington: Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday told the people of Russia that they were being lied to about the war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin. ) of sacrificing the lives of Russian soldiers for his ambitions.
In a nine-minute video posted on social media, Schwarzenegger said that Russian soldiers were told they would fight Nazis in Ukraine, or were going to Ukraine to protect ethnic Russians or military exercises and that their You will be welcomed like heroes. He said that many soldiers have now come to know that these claims were false.
“It is an illegal war. Your life and your future are being sacrificed for a senseless war that is being condemned by the whole world.” Schwarzenegger posted his emotional video on Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. He asked the Russians to tell their fellow citizens about the “human catastrophe happening in Ukraine”.
The video showed buildings in Ukraine that have been bombed. Along with this, people who came under the grip of Russian shelling were shown. He then addressed Putin directly, saying, “You started this war. You are leading this war. You can stop this war.”
