Then he enumerated some harrowing facts that had happened in Ukraine. For example, he spoke of the fact that a children’s hospital was destroyed by Russian bombs and thousands of Russian soldiers have already been killed.
“The Russian government lied not only to its citizens, but also to its soldiers. Some were told they were fighting Nazis, others that the Ukrainians would welcome them like heroes, and still others that they were going to a training camp. They didn’t know once that they go to war.”
He also addressed all the Russian soldiers who were listening, reminding them that “11 million Russians have family ties to Ukraine. With every shot you kill a brother or sister.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger closed the video with a personal and powerful message to the Russian President Wladimir Putin ab: “You started this war, you are fighting this war, you can end this war.”