reza aslan joins me to talk about what happens next. good evening and welcome to the show. war crimes that s what russia seems to be carrying out in its war against ukraine. earlier today russian forces bombarded the city of zaporizhzhia, killing 17 people and wounding dozens of others. the shelling was concentrating on number apartment complexes in one of zaporizhzhia s most densely populated residential areas. marking a clear instance of vladimir putin s invading army roth laws of war. upstanding doubly, the strikes serve as a particularly dastardly reprisal for ukrainian military games on the battlefield against russia in recent weeks. the most noteworthy of which occurred yesterday, when ukrainians destroyed a massive brae ridge linking rachel what the kremlin peninsula. a critical surprise route for the kremlin s forces. as you might imagine, a thin skin putin is not taking this well. on the contrary, he s renewed his nuclear saber rattling. unnerving western a
Zelenskyy s also being doubling down on his pr savvy lack ridging the soft power of his now huge global celebrity status. and that is some of the newfound friends. to bring more attention to the ukrainian cause. one such a newfound friend, hero of the battle of jedi master and veteran freedoms biden mark hamill. yes, i kid you not, lou skywalker himself and the farm boy who shot up torpedoes into an exhaust pipe besides a war brad to deserve the fourth death star. part in that moment after being named an ambassador for the official fund raising arm of the ukraine government earlier this year. animals turning s attention to the army of drones, a program aimed at supporting ukrainian effort through a contribution of unmanned aerial vehicles. aka, drone nations. because unfortunately, sometimes when you re fighting a reactionary totalitarian
I m a court jester, i m a non essential worker, i do cartoon voices, tv and movies. i was honored to be contacted what they were wanting me to do is become a so-called ambassador. which is a glorified word for representative of their army of drones. because drones define war outcomes. it s essential for ukraine to protect their border, to protect their citizens, and that s why people will do. over 150 countries to have donated to various causes, we know the president wants these drones to maintain surveillance. ash at the start of the war. we know there s a very long border between ukraine and russia that needs monitoring.
Far-right figurehead like paul pertain, i mean putin, you need more than just the forest to be with you. joining me now, for his first american and ukrainian government is luke skywalker himself, mr. mark hamill. mark, thank you for coming on the show tonight. let me start by asking the obvious question, tell our viewers what s the army of drones, what s your role in it, what are you trying to achieve, it sounds like the name of a star wars preschool. but it s not, isn t it it s much more serious? it s not the army of droids. it s the army of drones. i was surprised to be contacted by president zelenskyy. i didn t ask why, i mean they saw my support for ukraine on my twitter feed. but, you know, i m not used to being contacted by world leaders.
Are all these drones non lethal drones, lethal drones, are a mix of drones? i think it s a mix. obviously, the russians have many, many more drones than the ukraine does. there used to bomb civilians and so forth. one thing i wanted to mention to, you can donate money but if you have an actual drone, you can donate that. or drone ate that. i just wanted to mention, you can go to you dot to for.gov dot you a forward slash drone nation. it will bring you to a link where it s very easy to donate. this is united 24? united 24