Fact check: Zelensky didn't say American sons and daughters have to fight in Ukraine

Fact check: Zelensky didn't say American sons and daughters have to fight in Ukraine

By Daniel Dale, CNN A viral video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky takes his remarks out of context to wrongly make it sound like he demanded that Americans send their sons and daughters to fight in the war in Ukraine. The out-of-context 19-second video has been viewed millions of times on Twitter. It features a clip of Zelensky speaking at a news conference last week as an interpreter translates his words into English as follows: “The …

Zelensky: "US Will Have to Send Sons and Daughters to War"

Speaking at a press conference on Feb. 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky threatened that “the US will have to send their sons and daughters to war” if more aid for his country were not forthcoming. “If Ukraine, due to various opinions and weakening of assistance, loses, Russia is going to enter Baltic states, NATO member states, and then the US will have to send their sons and daughters exactly the same way as we are sending our sons an…

No, Zelenskyy Did Not Say US Will Have To Send Their Young To Fight For Ukraine

BOOM found that the viral video is misleading and has cropped out the part where Zelenskyy discuses a hypothetical situation of Ukraine losing the war and Russia invading Baltic, other NATO states.

Did Zelenskyy Say US Will Have To ‘Send Their Sons and Daughters to War’ for Ukraine?

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Fact Check: Did Zelensky Demand US To Send Their Sons And Daughters To Fight Ukraine’s War Against Russia?

A video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, where he can be purportedly heard calling on the US to ‘send their sons and daughters to war’, has led to....