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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

And we preserved a lot. And even when they were surrounding certain cities, a lot of things still worked. The banking system, the internet, we had television. And thanks to this, I made several decisions to ensure that people are united and have all the information. A Russia is very good at spreading large-scale disinformation.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

And we preserved a lot. And even when they were surrounding certain cities, a lot of things still worked. The banking system, the internet, we had television. And thanks to this, I made several decisions to ensure that people are united and have all the information. A Russia is very good at spreading large-scale disinformation.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

And we preserved a lot. And even when they were surrounding certain cities, a lot of things still worked. The banking system, the internet, we had television. And thanks to this, I made several decisions to ensure that people are united and have all the information. A Russia is very good at spreading large-scale disinformation.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

Fortunately, I have two decades of experience managing a production studio. TV channels and large media resources. I understood that we needed to build an information network very quickly. Thanks to this, I began to address the people constantly. This happened several times, three to five times a day. In fact, I became an information source.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

Fortunately, I have two decades of experience managing a production studio. TV channels and large media resources. I understood that we needed to build an information network very quickly. Thanks to this, I began to address the people constantly. This happened several times, three to five times a day. In fact, I became an information source.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

Fortunately, I have two decades of experience managing a production studio. TV channels and large media resources. I understood that we needed to build an information network very quickly. Thanks to this, I began to address the people constantly. This happened several times, three to five times a day. In fact, I became an information source.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

for people who were in cities that were cut off from other information. And it was very important for me to keep all things digital, to keep the internet, to stay in touch with everyone, with all the people. Initially, that's the contact we had. And then we also built a media platform where we had all the news agencies, agencies of Ukraine, And this network was called Marathon.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

for people who were in cities that were cut off from other information. And it was very important for me to keep all things digital, to keep the internet, to stay in touch with everyone, with all the people. Initially, that's the contact we had. And then we also built a media platform where we had all the news agencies, agencies of Ukraine, And this network was called Marathon.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

for people who were in cities that were cut off from other information. And it was very important for me to keep all things digital, to keep the internet, to stay in touch with everyone, with all the people. Initially, that's the contact we had. And then we also built a media platform where we had all the news agencies, agencies of Ukraine, And this network was called Marathon.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

And it was also very important for the people to trust us. And people had to receive information. Why? There were waves. There were waves of Russian on the first day who said he ran away. I had to go out into the street. I left the office and went outside. I had to do this because I was showing that this was no green screen, you know, to show that it was the street, not some digital manipulation.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

And it was also very important for the people to trust us. And people had to receive information. Why? There were waves. There were waves of Russian on the first day who said he ran away. I had to go out into the street. I left the office and went outside. I had to do this because I was showing that this was no green screen, you know, to show that it was the street, not some digital manipulation.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

And it was also very important for the people to trust us. And people had to receive information. Why? There were waves. There were waves of Russian on the first day who said he ran away. I had to go out into the street. I left the office and went outside. I had to do this because I was showing that this was no green screen, you know, to show that it was the street, not some digital manipulation.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

I mean, I did these things. Then I touched various objects. Now people might think that these are small things, but I was actually showing that I was in a real place. All of this had an impact. I was absolutely sure of my actions. And these contacts, several contacts. And then I spoke to the Russians. I addressed Russians. I really did. And then only after that, I gathered.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

I mean, I did these things. Then I touched various objects. Now people might think that these are small things, but I was actually showing that I was in a real place. All of this had an impact. I was absolutely sure of my actions. And these contacts, several contacts. And then I spoke to the Russians. I addressed Russians. I really did. And then only after that, I gathered.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

I mean, I did these things. Then I touched various objects. Now people might think that these are small things, but I was actually showing that I was in a real place. All of this had an impact. I was absolutely sure of my actions. And these contacts, several contacts. And then I spoke to the Russians. I addressed Russians. I really did. And then only after that, I gathered.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

It was the first day when I invited all of the journalists here, wasn't it? That was on the first day, I think. Well, not here, here. To the press center in this building. I talked to journalists. I asked them not to leave because we needed weapons. At that moment, they were handing out rifles to people. And for me, journalists and media platforms were essential voices.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

It was the first day when I invited all of the journalists here, wasn't it? That was on the first day, I think. Well, not here, here. To the press center in this building. I talked to journalists. I asked them not to leave because we needed weapons. At that moment, they were handing out rifles to people. And for me, journalists and media platforms were essential voices.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

It was the first day when I invited all of the journalists here, wasn't it? That was on the first day, I think. Well, not here, here. To the press center in this building. I talked to journalists. I asked them not to leave because we needed weapons. At that moment, they were handing out rifles to people. And for me, journalists and media platforms were essential voices.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

There were various journalists from different countries here, and they were essentially stuck. And I asked them for contacts, those who had access to Russians, Belarusians, Kazakhs who understood everything, the same information. And I spoke to them. And I spoke to them and spoke in Russian. I told them, you must stop Putin. This is terrible. This is horror. This is war. You must stop him.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#456 โ€“ Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom

There were various journalists from different countries here, and they were essentially stuck. And I asked them for contacts, those who had access to Russians, Belarusians, Kazakhs who understood everything, the same information. And I spoke to them. And I spoke to them and spoke in Russian. I told them, you must stop Putin. This is terrible. This is horror. This is war. You must stop him.