While the cConflict between Russia and Ukraine has been raging since February 24, 2022, with the invasion of Belarus and Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russians since the Russo-Ukrainian war of 2014, a archive de Volodymyr Zelensky is currently making waves on social media.
In a video from several years ago, which may seem surprising today, the current Ukrainian president, wearing a Muhammad Ali T-shirt, claims that Russia and Ukraine are brotherly peoples and calls for peace.
Volodymyr Zelensky states:
« In the East and in Crimea, people want to speak Russian. Leave them alone… Leave them alone. Legally, grant them the right to speak Russian. Language should never divide our country. I am of Jewish origin, I speak Russian and I am a Ukrainian citizen. I love this country and I do not want to be part of another.
Russia and Ukraine are brotherly peoples. I know millions, thousands of people who live in Russia and who are wonderful. We are of one color, one blood, we understand each other, whatever the language"
While some attribute this video to artificial intelligence, others claim that Zelensky actually made these remarks.
Watch here the video in which Volodymyr Zelensky calls for unity between Ukraine and Russia
