Ukrainian president endorses animal rights documentary to end hostage siege – video
by from on (#561KT)
A gunman in Ukraine has released 13 hostages after the country's president agreed to post a video on Facebook recommending a 2005 animal rights documentary.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy promoted Earthlings, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, to help end an hours-long standoff in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk, where 44-year-old Maksym Kryvosh had seized a bus with the people onboard.
The video has since been taken down from Facebook and Kryvosh arrested.
Continue reading...