Sean Penn landed in Ukraine on the identical day that the nation was attacked by Russian forces!
Sean Penn, 61, is devoted to his work. On Wednesday, Feb. 23, Russia launched a full-scale assault in opposition to Ukraine to forestall the nation from becoming a member of NATO. As Hollywood stars proceed to weigh in on the battle from their properties in the US, Sean has taken one other method and is presently in Ukraine — filming a documentary concerning the battle with Russia!
Someday after the assault started, The Workplace of The President of Ukraine introduced that Sean had landed in Ukraine to doc the present scenario. In a assertion obtained by Newsweek, the Ukrainian authorities stated that they have been “grateful” to the Milk actor for doing his half to assist.
“The director specifically got here to Kyiv to report all of the occasions which are presently taking place in Ukraine and to inform the world the reality about Russia’s invasion of our nation. Sean Penn is amongst those that help Ukraine in Ukraine at the moment. Our nation is grateful to him for such a present of braveness and honesty,” the assertion stated.
The assertion added, “Sean Penn is demonstrating bravery that many others have been missing, particularly some Western politicians. The extra folks like that—true pals of Ukraine, who help the struggle for freedom—the faster we are able to cease this heinous invasion by Russia.”
The documentary, which is ready to chronicle the invasion of Ukraine by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, 69, is being produced by VICE Studios. As followers of Sean know, he has been concerned in a number of humanitarian efforts through the years. Following the 2010 earthquakes that rocked Haiti, Sean based the non-profit group CORE.
HollywoodLife reached out to a rep for Sean and, thus far, we've not heard again.