Wladimir Klitschko jabs Joe Rogan for spreading Russian propaganda

KYIV — Ukrainian boxing icon Wladimir Klitschko accused American podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading Russian propaganda on his show — and dared Rogan to invite him on for a chat.

“You talk about sending American weapons to Ukraine which you believe will lead to the Third World War. Putin’s Russia is in trouble, so Putin wants to scare you and people like you. His war was supposed to last three days. It lasted three years thanks to the heroism and sacrifice of Ukrainians,” former heavyweight champion Klitschko said in a video on X addressed to Rogan, a Donald Trump booster whose podcast has an audience of millions.

Rogan on Friday railed about how U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S.-supplied long-range missiles threatens to start World War III.

“How are you allowed to do that when you are on your way out. Like people don’t want you to be there anymore, maybe that would be a good thing we would like to avoid from a dying former president. The whole thing is nuts,” Rogan said.

Rogan admitted that it was “100 percent wrong for Putin to invade Ukraine,” but criticized Biden, Zelenskyy and the left for escalating the situation. “Zelenskyy says Putin is terrified. Fuck you, man. You fucking people are about to start World War III,” he added.

Ukraine has struck targets in Russia with its own long-range drones for a year, but after Western allies, including the U.S. and U.K., gave Kyiv the green-light for attacks using their missiles Moscow hit back with a mid-range ballistic missile attack — and threatened to strike countries whose missiles Ukraine fired at Russia.

“The whole thing is a proxy war … it is fucking insane,” Rogan fumed, repeating the Russian narrative aiming to show Ukraine is not an independent state fighting for its interests and against Russian occupation.