After a brief search, this appears to be true. With the caveat the ultimate source seems to be Zelensky himself. The articles I surveyed all referenced interviews and speeches of Zelensky.
Honestly, the only part I wouldn't trust is the idea the men willingly joined instead of being drafted. I'm pretty sure most Eastern European men can trace their family back to fighting Nazis, except for the ones who were Nazis.
If you had a pulse time to be in the war effort in some capacity.
.ml tankies: "UkRAInE iS StILl a bUnCh oF NaZIs, rusSSia dID NoThIng WRonG"
Yeah... What they tend to leave out is that anywhere from 100-250k people in Ukraine fought with the Nazi, while anywhere from 6-7 million Ukrainians fought against them, and had some of the hardest fighting on the eastern front.
Damn, I’m just constantly impressed at how good of a leader and person this dude is.
Liked him ever since I saw him play the piano with his wang on John Oliver.
This should be more common knowledge. Why am I just learning about this?
All the talk about “Putin fighting Nazis”. It would have been nice to be able to say, “actually bruh” for years now.
Thank you for this post. I am so mad at myself for not knowing this already.
So that's why they hate him
That and he refused to be a patsy for trump's pack-of-Biden-lies for which he was impeached the first time.
