David Letterman interviews Zelenskyy in Kyiv subway station as missile siren goes off

The latenight host traveled in October to Kyiv and interviewed Zelenskyy in the safest part of the city a subway platform 300 feet below ground. We are all here defending our independence, our country. Our truth is that it s our land, our country, our children. And we will defend all of this, Zelenskyy says in a 90second clip on Netflix s Youtube channel. Russia sent troops into Ukraine in what it called a special operation to degrade its southern neighbour s military capabilities and root out people it called dangerous nationalists. Kyiv rejects this justification. Letterman s Netflix show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction has 22 episodes featuring talks with former President Barack Obama, rapper JayZ and singer Billie Eilish. Netflix has been spending heavily to produce and acquire content as it races to dominate streaming television and beat competition from traditional media. Letterman left his job as host of Th