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To: IC720 who wrote (773629)	12/11/2022 5:18:04 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By Old_Sparky Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793682

I don’t think Zelensky hates Russia - at least, not until recently. From what I read, he grew up in a Russian speaking household. He hardly says anything in Russian these days, but - even earlier during the war - he spoke Russian often, and without any accent. During the presidential elections he received close to 74% of the popular vote - while running on a “peace ticket” - promising to implement the Minsk accord and to make peace with Russia. That, BTW, reflects the mood of the broader Ukrainian public - most of them never wanted this war, and abandoned Poroshenko for an outsider who promised peace. I read in in several places that after he was elected, the radicals (of the Azov Battalion type) explained to him that if he “betrays Ukraine” - he would lose more than just his job. The young man got the point - and changed course.