Arnold Schwarzenegger's intense nine-minute Twitter video in which, with Cyrillic subtitles, he addressed Russian soldiers to "tell them what they don't know" was viewed by over 700,000 people in Russia.
CNN reports it.
In total, the post had over 30 million views.
I love the Russian people.
That is why I have to tell you the truth.
Please watch and share.
pic.twitter.com/6gyVRhgpFV
- Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) March 17, 2022
The celebrated actor and former California governor also addressed Vladimir Putin directly and told him: "You started this war, you are waging this war, you can stop this war."
In the video Schwarzenegger recounted his personal experience of him, professing admiration for those who protest against the war in Russia calling them his "new heroes".
And he explained what is not revealed by the Moscow government.
"The government has told you that it is a war to denazify Ukraine, it is not true. Ukraine is a country with a Jewish president," he said, stressing that seeing the images of this conflict reminds him of the atrocities of the second. world war and, speaking of his father who was a Nazi sergeant, he said to the Russian soldiers: "I don't want you to end up like my father."