Despite the world telling Vladimir Putin
that he's being not nice,
the Russian military has continued
its indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas in Ukraine,
reducing them to rubble and leaving the people there
without homes, food or even water.
And when the civilians tried to flee those cities,
well, it turns out that Russia has been bombing them, too.
NEWSMAN: More and more civilians being killed
as Russia escalates its attacks here.
People trying to flee the invasion struck
at an evacuation crossing point.
NEWSWOMAN: Twice Russia and Ukraine agreed to ceasefires,
in order to give people a chance to get out.
Both times, Russia broke the ceasefires
with violent, indiscriminate shelling.
(speaking foreign language)
(loud explosion, debris clattering)
NEWSWOMAN: At least four people, including a woman
and her two children, were killed in that attack.
NEWSMAN 2: "We will not forgive, we will not forget."
Ukraine's president Zelensky vows to punish Moscow's troops
as he reacts to the killing
of civilians attempting to flee the conflict.
(speaking foreign language)
NEWSMAN 3: "We will find every (bleep)
"that shot at our cities, our people.
"There will be no quiet place on this earth for you
except for the grave."
Sweet Jesus, this is insane.
Like, it's bad enough
that Russia is blowing Ukraine to smithereens,
but it's even worse that they are bombing people
who are trying to escape during a ceasefire
that Russia agreed to.
I mean, what's Russia's logic here?
I honestly don't get it. What is it?
First, we murder the people.
Then they'll warm up to us as their new rulers?
What's the plan?
And today, after attacking civilians
during the first two evacuation attempts,
Russia offered to create new humanitarian corridors
to allow people to escape these cities, except--
and you can't make this part up--
many of the evacuation routes
would funnel civilians straight into Russia.
Which is insane.
Like, just think about that for a moment.
People are trying to escape, and you're like,
"We'll let them escape, but into our country."
Like, imagine hostage takers saying,
"All right, we'll let the hostages leave.
"We'll let them leave the bank,
but only if they come with us to our house."
Then they're still hostages! Are you insane?
I mean, not to mention even refugees probably don't want to
live in Russia right now. Things aren't great in Ukraine,
but at least they still get The Batman.
There's nothing in Russia.
And because many Russians have family members who are
living in Ukraine, the idea of the Russian military
leveling Ukrainian cities and killing innocent people
was never going to be popular in the first place.
Which is probably why Putin has now gone into overdrive
to make sure that, in Russia, nobody hears about it.
Well, a new Iron Curtain has fallen in Russia,
and this time it's an Information Iron Curtain.
That's why most Russians don't know
what's really happening in Ukraine.
The Kremlin today blocked Facebook and Twitter,
and there are no independent media outlets left.
NEWSWOMAN: Vladimir Putin signing a law tonight
making it a crime to spread
what the Russian government considers "fake news"
about the conflict in Ukraine.
The maximum penalty: 15 years jail.
Independent Russian news outlets have always found it difficult
to operate. Now it's impossible.
The staff at Moscow's last independent TV station
walking off set as their final symbolic broadcast played out,
NEWSWOMAN 2: A similar scene played out at Russia's
oldest liberal radio station, "Echo of Moscow,"
which says it's been forced to close.
WOMAN: We just can say, "Welcome to the USSR."
Yeah, just think about that for a moment.
The only place to get any news in Russia now
is state media. That's it.
Putin even shut down Facebook in Russia.
Which is so messed up.
Like, why couldn't he have shut it down everywhere?
Why only in Russia? This man's truly evil.
We also want a break from Facebook.
I mean, on the plus side, the one silver lining of this
is that everyone is getting the exact same news in Russia,
which means Russian family dinners are probably gonna be,
like, the least-contentious affairs ever.
Especially way more than American family dinners.
"Well, I heard the war in Ukraine is going well."
"Oh, yeah? I heard
the same thing. Yeah. More stuffing, please."
♪ Happy Thanksgiving, we're Russians together ♪
♪ Enjoying same news so we don't disagree. ♪
They sing during Thanksgiving in Russia.
You can't prove that I'm not lying
because there's no Facebook there anymore.
Now, many Russian people are against this war.
In fact, over 4,000 protesters were arrested just yesterday.
But for most of the country, this media blackout
means that they'll never know the truth
about what's really going on.
Yeah. There are in... There are even stories
of Ukrainians who have called their parents in Russia
to tell them what is happening,
and their own parents don't believe the stories.
Which is terrible.
And at the same time, I guess that's what happens
when you lie to your parents
about everything else in your life.
"Oh, sure, Putin's invading you.
"Just like that time you didn't throw a party
when we were out of town, huh?"
But while Putin is cutting off Russian people's links
to the outside world, the outside world itself
has been trying to cut itself off from Russia.
Russian banks have been banned
from the global financial system,
Russian airlines have been blocked
from entering most countries,
and even Apple has stopped selling its products in Russia.
Which means Russians can't watch Ted Lasso anymore.
It's terrible for them, probably fine for Putin.
'Cause, I mean, if a show has no villain,
who's he supposed to root for?
And every day, every single day,
more companies are joining Apple and all these other companies
in leaving Russia.
NEWSWOMAN: The list of private companies
cutting ties with Russia is mounting.
Visa, Mastercard and American Express
are boycotting business there.
TikTok is blocking users on its platform in Russia,
and Netflix announced it has suspended service.
NEWSWOMAN 2: Toyota says that they are putting a halt
to its factory in production in Russia.
This comes as the vehicle imports
into the country have been suspended indefinitely.
NEWSMAN: Accounting firms KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers
both announced they are exiting Russia due to the invasion.
NEWSMAN 2: From now on, it's just Stoli.
The maker of the vodka,
which has been marketed as Russian vodka,
is launching a major rebranding
in direct response to the war in Ukraine.
Now Stoli Group has announced
that it will only use Slovakian sources
to avoid Russian ingredients.
Yeah, that's how bad it's gotten.
Even vodka doesn't want anything to do with Russia anymore.
Just think about that.
Can you imagines if hand gestures announced
that they wanted nothing to do with Italy?
(Italian accent): It's-a too toxic.
(regular accent): So, yeah, no Toyota,
no credit cards, no Netflix.
It's almost like all of Russia is being forced
to spend the weekend at their broke dad's house.
But unfortunately, none of this has stopped
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Probably because none of it is actually affects Putin.
It's what people don't realize.
Sanctions are bad for the country,
but this doesn't effect Putin. 'Cause, I mean,
Putin doesn't drive a Toyota. Putin doesn't watch Netflix.
Or use credit cards. You think this man pays?
The man hasn't paid for anything in, like, 20 years.
Which waiter has the balls to bring Vladimir Putin the check?
Um, will you be paying by cash or card?
Um, will you be paying with your life?
Okay, well, I guess we'll see you guys next time.
All right then, have a good night. Drama.
Yeah, if anything, people, the war has only
gotten more intense. Russia made major gains
in southern Ukraine, and looks like
it may totally surround the capitol of Kyiv this week.
So the Ukrainian people are in a very bad place right now.
Which is why it's been so inspiring to see
how they're still, still telling the Russian invaders
to go (bleep) themselves.
NEWSWOMAN: Thousands of people taking to the streets
to rail against their Russian occupiers,
in a show, really, that while Russian forces
might be able to take some of these towns and cities,
occupying them will be much more difficult.
In Kherson, Ukraine, defiance.
Residents woke up under Russian occupation
and took to the streets.
...this man says.
This woman, draped in her country's colors, stands firm.
...she says.
Some incredible vi-- uh, video out of Kherson, Ukraine,
where a Ukrainian protester, uh,
jumped onto a Russian military vehicle
waving his country's flag.
Uh, there it is, right there.
Yeah, people, in the face of mortal danger,
many Ukrainians are standing up and saying,
"We won't back down."
I mean, did you see that one guy? He climbed
right on top of a tank. Which is insane.
It's also insane how tanks have, like,
zero defenses against that. If you're in front of a tank,
it's terrifying. "Aah!" But then, once you get on top,
the tank is like, "Aah! Aah! Get off!
Aah! Stop that. Aah! Stop that!"
And this really shows you the difference
between capturing a city and controlling a city.
You see, capturing a city is easy.
You send in more tanks than the other team and then, boom,
it's yours. But if you can't stop the old man in town
from coming out and roasting you,
have you really won?
Yeah, you haven't.
You haven't really won the invasion
if your soldiers are coming back home like...
(crying): "We-we took the city,
"but now everyone is being mean
to me..."
Ukrainians are braving this invasion
with defiance and courage.
And, and there was one specific Ukrainian
that a British reporter caught up with
who seems to know the secret
to not just coping with the possible destruction
of your country
but smiling while doing it.
Tell me quickly, are you all right?
I'm all right.
And h-how many people are trapped in there?
-British. British. British. -British?
How many more...
-Pardon? -Uh...
(chuckles) I don't know whether cannab-cannabis is licensed.
I'm glad that's all you're thinking about.
Yeah. You guys can have Zelensky.
I just found my favorite Ukrainian.
Yeah, because you see that guy? (chuckles)
Like, I don't know about you-- when I smoke weed,
I can barely handle the stress of the doorbell ringing.
This guy's in a war zone
getting questioned by a journalist,
and he's chilled AF.
In fact, he's questioning her.
"Let me ask you some questions. Hey, let me ask you."
Like, she's flustered, like, "Wait, what's going on here?"
I almost think this guy doesn't even know
that there's a war going on. You know?
He probably thinks that he's got some really good kush.
"Eh, I should have had half the brownie, man.
I'm seeing tanks everywhere. Goddamn."
But this really just goes to show you,
it doesn't matter where you are in the world,
it doesn't matter what language you speak,
in every country,
on every continent,
there's always one weird high guy on the bus.
And that...
brings us together.