Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told David Letterman 'There would be no war' if Putin was gone.
David Letterman with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a special episode of"My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" filmed in a Kyiv subway station.David Letterman asked Ukraine's president if Russia's war would continue if Vladimir Putin died.He said Russia's political system, which makes Putin much more powerful than others, is the reason.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was being interviewed by David Letterman on a subway platform in Ukraine's capital Kyiv for Letterman's show"My Next Guest Needs No Introduction," which airs on Netflix. "The authoritarian regime is dangerous as it poses great risks. Because you can't allow just one person to have total control over everything. That's why when such a person is gone, institutions come to a halt."
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