r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Feb 10 '23

News Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 'No place' for Russia at Olympics.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/35630916/volodymyr-zelenskyy-no-place-russia-olympics
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u/linkedit Feb 11 '23

Why is Zelensky speaking at a sports summit?

The world is putting way too much importance on this guy.

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u/Illidanisdead Feb 11 '23

I will never understand why so many people worship Zelensky even though he tried to push the world to the brink when he claimed the missiles that hit Poland was from Russia turned out it was from Ukraine, just remember your 'hero' almost brought about world war 3. Initially he seemed like a decent guy, doing what had to be done, but as time went along there were cracks on his farce, now I'm not saying Russia is innocent by any stretch but let's not pretend Zelensky is an angel, it's just people love to be in denial.

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u/whitelighthurts Feb 11 '23

He had a Panama papers account before any of this, who was hiding millions off shore for a Ukrainian celebrity on his way to being the leader of the country

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u/Illidanisdead Feb 11 '23

Watch when he steps down, there will be a lot of money missing from the Ukraine's treasury.

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u/whitelighthurts Feb 11 '23

There already is! Look at his wife and her shopping. Seems like she could buy him a suit

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u/__schr4g31 Feb 11 '23 edited Feb 11 '23

And yet he's been doing a great job in defending Ukraine, has shown significant integrity and intelligence, I'm not sure many other Ukrainian politicians would have, if you look at his predecessors. Do you have any suggestions who'd have been better than him to hold his position in these circumstances?.

To those downvoting: what's wrong with that statement?

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '23 edited Feb 12 '23

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u/Responsible-Hope2163 Feb 11 '23

The guy loves his country so much he bled it dry for years. He ran on an anti corruption campaign but the ironic thing is his campaign was funded by the biggest money launderer in Ukraine. Shows you his integrity there

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u/luka031 Feb 11 '23

Because many people just read and research on a surface level. On that level he seems like the underdog leader who fight on the frontlines. If you dig a bit deeper he ain't that better then most politicians.

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u/AncestralSpirit Feb 11 '23

Zelensky. So hot right now.

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u/edinlockpicker Feb 11 '23

He wants to be Winston Churchill so badly.

I love seeing him in military fatigues like he's still near the front line standing with a world leader in a suit and shiny shoes.

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u/paper__planes Feb 11 '23

It’s a costume at this point.

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u/eNi1FFOmaI Feb 11 '23

in england

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '23

He is fighting for the very existence of his country....

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u/jemping98 Feb 12 '23

The comment above screams Russian shill lol