Stephen Colbert on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: ‘It’s a dark day’

Stephen Colbert: ‘Everything is a real estate deal with this guy!’ Photograph: Youtube

Stephen Colbert

“There’s no denying it: it’s a dark day,” said Stephen Colbert on Thursday evening, hours after Russia invaded Ukraine. “Over the last five years we’ve seen democracy repeatedly undermined, tragic unprecedented firestorms, a global pandemic. Well this morning, Vladimir Putin looked at all that and said, ‘hold my vodka.’”