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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2185 - My Journey To Ukraine and My Interview With Zelensky

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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I travel to Ukraine to speak with President Zelensky at an inflection point in the Russian invasion; President Trump slowly backs away from his enormous China tariffs; and Yale reignites into anti-Semitic fury on Holocaust Remembrance Day.   Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE   Ep.2185   - - -   Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings   - - -   DailyWire+:   We’re leading the charge again and launching a full-scale push for justice. Go to https://PardonDerek.com right now and sign the petition.   Now is the time to join the fight. Watch the hit movies, documentaries, and series reshaping our culture. Go to https://dailywire.com/subscribe today.   Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw   - - -   Today's Sponsors:   Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that searches the internet to deliver fast, unbiased, high-quality answers, with sources and in-line citations. Ask Perplexity anything here: https://pplx.ai/benshapiro   PureTalk - Switch to PureTalk and start saving today! Visit https://PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO   LifeLock - Join now and save up to 40% your first year. Call 1 (800) LifeLock and use promo code BEN or go to https://LifeLock.com/BEN for 40% off. Terms apply.   ZipRecruiter - Try ZipIntro FOR FREE: https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE   HIYA - Get your kids the full-body nourishment they need to grow. Receive 50% off your first order at https://hiyahealth.com/SHAPIRO   Tecovas - Right now get 10% off at https://tecovas.com/shapiro when you sign up for email and texts.   - - -   Socials:   Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53   Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ   Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd   Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.7

released the trailer for my interview with President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine is, why go to a nation under fire?

0:38.8

Why take our crew and take that risk? And the answer is simple, because the truth matters and facts matter.

0:44.3

We want you to be smarter and no more things. That's what this show is for. You, our DailyWire,

0:49.1

members, deserve the truth. This is the kind of journalism. Your support makes possible. This is the

0:53.4

community that fights for your values. Join us right now at dailywire.com slash subscribe. So last night,

0:59.2

Vladimir Putin's Russia blanketed Ukraine with missiles and drones in what was perhaps

1:03.2

the largest-scale air attack on the country since 2022. One missile apparently now struck an

1:08.2

apartment building in Kiev and killed nine people and wounded another 63. This, of course, is a war zone. A little bit earlier yesterday, the Trump administration

1:16.5

rolled out its proposed outline for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. This was being negotiated

1:21.5

in London. It's a peace deal under which Ukraine would have been forced to accept Russian annexation

1:26.2

of Crimea. That's the very southern portion of Ukraine that is on the Black Sea, as well as control of eastern Ukraine. Russia

1:33.1

is currently in control of large swaths of eastern Ukraine and has been since 2014. It would

1:38.2

have removed NATO membership from the table for Ukraine. Ukraine obviously is interested in joining

1:42.3

NATO because that would mean that an attack

1:44.2

on a NATO member would allow for Article 5 invocation, meaning other countries would have to come

1:48.3

to Ukraine's defense. The deal would prevent Ukraine from becoming a NATO member. It would have provided

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