VIDEO | Zelensky met with Sean Penn in Ukraine: The Ukrainian president announced on Facebook
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski shared on his official Facebook profile a video from the meeting with the Hollywood actor and director Sean Penn.
Actor and director Sean Penn is making a documentary about the war in Ukraine. From the first day of the full invasion, he was in Kyiv and saw with his own eyes what Russian aggression was. Soon the whole world will be able to see the whole truth about the war thanks to his film. "Sean, thank you for supporting our country and our people," Zelenski wrote alongside the video.
Penn met with Zelenski in February, the day before the invasion and the day the invasion began.
"It was clear that I was in the presence of something… It was something new for the modern world in terms of courage, dignity and love. It was a remarkable moment. The way he united that country. "I was impressed and moved by it and terrified of him and of Ukraine," the actor told the Ukrainian president.
He also noted that his non-profit organization is doing everything it can to help people in Ukraine living in a "dark new reality".
Penn also visited Ukraine in March, saying the only reason he would stay in Ukraine longer was to "hold a rifle." "I probably would not wear body armor because I want to give it to one of the soldiers," he added.
Sean Penn in Ukraine filming documentary on Russian invasion https://t.co/oI3hOxv7Q5 pic.twitter.com/nGGO6tY5j7
- The Hill (@thehill) February 24, 2022
In addition, on the occasion of this year's Oscars, Penn said that he would throw away his statues if the Academy did not offer Zelenski a speech.
"If the Academy decides not to support the leadership in Ukraine and the people who receive bullets and bombs for us, along with the Ukrainian children who are trying to protect them, then I think all those people and every part of that decision will be the most indecent moment in history." of Hollywood, "said the actor, who, however, did not destroy his golden statues.
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