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Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a direct appeal to the Russian President and the people of Russia to shed light on the ‘the truth’ about the invasion on Ukraine, describing it as a ‘humanitarian catastrophe’.

In a video shared on his 22.2million Instagram followers and media company ATTN’s Facebook page, the 74-year-old Austrian-American actor shared his love for Russia and the Russian people before making scathing remarks to Putin and the Kremlin.

Describing himself as a ‘long-time friend’ of the Russian people, he gives a direct message to Putin: ‘To President Putin, I say, you started this war. You are leading this war. You can stop this war.’
He also asks Putin and his Kremlin counterparts: ‘Let me just ask you, why would you sacrifice those young men for your own ambitions?’

The nine-minute clip garnered over 250,000 Instagram views, and 120,000 on Facebook, in an hour, with thousands commenting support and praise to the film star for his efforts to help stop the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Schwarzenegger’s video comes as the Pentagon estimates at least 7,000 Russian troops have now died in the fighting, with another 14,000 to 21,000 having been wounded, accounting for nearly a fifth of the estimated 150,000 men that Putin amassed on the border before before giving the order to attack 21 days ago.
To the people of Russia, Schwarznegger said: ‘No one likes to hear something critical of their government, I understand that, but as a long-time friend of the Russian people, I hope that you will hear what I have to say.

‘I speak with the same heartfelt concern as I did with the American people when there was an attempted insurrection on January 6 last year, when a wild crowd was sroming the US capiotpl trying to overthrow our government.

An estimated 28,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded during the three weeks of fighting in Ukraine, as understood by US authorities.

The Pentagon estimates at least 7,000 Russian troops have now died in the fighting while another 14,000 to 21,000 have been wounded – accounting for nearly a fifth of the estimated 150,000 men that Putin amassed on the border before giving the order to attack 21 days ago.

The staggering toll is roughly double NATO losses in Afghanistan over two decades of fighting, and roughly equal to US casualties in the 36-day battle of Iwo Jima – one of the bloodiest clashes in the Pacific during the Second World War.

Losses are now so severe, US intelligence believes some Russian units cannot keep fighting.

The number of Ukrainians fleeing from their country passed three million on Tuesday, according to the UN.

Those escaping fighting and Russian bombardment are rising in numbers after Sunday’s Russian strike on the Yavoriv military base near Lviv, with some people from western Ukraine having now joined the refugee flow across the border.

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