American journalist and former adviser to Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, made the documentary “Two Men at War” describing the careers of the two presidents and opponents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.
Today is a year and a day since Russia invaded Ukraine. Against this backdrop of war, ABC presenter George Stephanopoulos made the documentary Two Men at War about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was broadcast in March 2022 on the American channel and Disney+ has been offering it since yesterday on its platform.
For 366 days, what the Russian president describes as a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine is marked by almost daily bombardments in the country’s residential areas and abuses carried out by the Russian army and the Wagner militia.
While Putin is denounced by much of the international community for his actions, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has become a hero for his country but also for the Western world, as he continues to fight for freedom with determination. Today the whole world has its eyes riveted on the two world leaders, Putin and Zelenskyy, and George Stephanopoulos’ documentary goes into detail on their careers.
Based on images taken by ABC News teams in the field and on interviews, the documentary recounts the events that marked the careers of the two men. It is a cross portrait of two personalities that everything opposes. Nostalgic for the Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin has only one obsession: to reform a Russian empire at all costs. On the contrary, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the fruit of what resulted from the fall of the USSR in 1991. Turned towards the West, he dreams of his country free from corruption and totally autonomous.
Two Men at War painstakingly examines how the two men rose to power, the stark differences in their leadership, and the elements of history that led up to when Russia decided to invade Ukraine. Also included are interviews with figures such as former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, President Zelenskyy’s former press secretary, Iuliia Mendel, and Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton.
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The documentary does not evade the brutality of Vladimir Putin, a former KGB agent strongly suspected of having ordered the assassinations of his political opponents, including that of whistleblower Alexander Litvinenko and journalist Anna Politkovskaïa. At the same time, Stephanopoulos analyzes Zelensky’s rise from public entertainer to inspiration via his Servant of the People series to becoming an internationally admired statesman.
Finally, the documentary ends with the humanitarian crisis facing Ukrainian citizens after being forced from their homes.