In a recent 60 Minutes Interview, the interviewer and and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made several dubious claims. In the “following video”: https://youtu.be/-cw3gulknl0 I debunk several points.

1. The domino theory. Putin plans to conquer the whole of Europe.
2. Putin is not the enemy. The enemy is the whole of the Russian people who support Putin.
3. Russia bombs civilians and commits war crimes. Ukraine does not. Ukraine does not hit civilian targets in Russia with drones. If they do, they have a right to.
4. If only the West had given Ukraine more weapons they would have defeated Russia. Now the whole world has to unite to defeat Russia to avoid (or cause?) WWIII.
5. The war (and cocaine addiction?) has taken a toll on Zelensky.
6. Russia (1.3 million troops) and Ukraine (500,000) have no professional army left.
7. Putin will go on threatening nuclear war. (He’s never done so in any speech or statement.)
8. The interviewer asks about Ukraine negotiating in exchange for land. (Zelensky had a law passed forbidding negotiations with Putin.)

The most outrageous statement was to say that neither Russia nor Ukraine have any professional troops left. This is just beyond irresponsible reporting.

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