Ukraine war: Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Russians their leaders are lying to them
- The former action film star and California governor says the ‘lives, limbs and futures’ of Russian troops have been sacrificed for a senseless war
- Schwarzenegger says his father had similar experiences as an Austrian soldier during WWII, and appealed to Putin to end his invasion
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday told the Russian people that they are being fed misinformation about their country’s assault on Ukraine and appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the attack.
The Hollywood star said in the nine-minute video on Twitter that the Kremlin was intentionally lying to Russians by saying the invasion was intended to “denazify” Ukraine.
Russia describes its actions as a “special operation”.
“Ukraine did not start this war, neither did nationalists or Nazis,” he said, noting the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish. “This is not the Russian people’s war.”
Europe’s biggest invasion since World War II has ravaged Ukrainian cities and sent more than 3 million refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries.