#456 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the President of Ukraine. On YouTube this
episode is available in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Captions
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Introduction (20:17) - Language (30:06) - World War II (46:54) -
Invasion on Feb 24, 2022 (53:30) - Negotiating Peace (1:13:47) -
NATO and security guarantees (1:26:39) - Sitting down with Putin
and Trump (1:46:09) - Compromise and leverage (1:51:38) - Putin and
Russia (2:01:30) - Donald Trump (2:12:01) - Martial Law and
Elections (2:24:21) - Corruption (2:33:06) - Elon Musk (2:37:10) -
Trump Inauguration on Jan 20 (2:40:18) - Power dynamics in Ukraine
(2:43:50) - Future of Ukraine (2:48:32) - Choice of language
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