The Russian-Ukraine war has raged for 6 weeks now. I wrote a book on President Zelenskyy because I found him to be an intriguing leader.  You can find it here on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Need-Ammunition-Not-Ride-Volodymyr-ebook/dp/B09VVW3NSV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6YHOEVZ983NQ&keywords=i+need+ammunition%2C+not+a+ride&qid=1647625321&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C4098&sr=1-1

Since I wrote the book, I now get emails and DMs that ask, “Don’t you know Zelenskyy is a Nazi?” or “Is Zelensky a Soros plant?”  Or my personal favorite, “I saw this video where he was dancing in drag. He is a gay Satanist.”

I will address each of these in turn. In today’s episode, I will address the Nazi accusation.

I will address it on two levels: Personally and governmental.

Here are the links I talked about in this episode:

Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-nazi-iron-cross/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/25/facebook-posts/zelenskys-shirt-bears-emblem-ukraine-armed-forces-/

Anti-Defamation League: https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/iron-cross

FactCheck.org https://www.factcheck.org/2022/03/the-facts-on-de-nazifying-ukraine/

Victoria Cross: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross

US Distinguished Flying Cross: https://archive.ph/kkQmy

English Language Russian News: https://www.rt.com/on-air/

English Language Ukrainian News: https://uatv.ua/en/projects/11473-en-2/

Historian’s statement: https://jewishjournal.com/news/worldwide/345515/statement-on-the-war-in-ukraine-by-scholars-of-genocide-nazism-and-world-war-ii/

Compare for yourself. Are you parroting Russian propaganda? Where did you get your information? Don’t be a useful idiot. Triangulate on the truth and rely on verifiable sources.

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