american actor Sean Penn is these days in Ukraine to shoot a documentary about the invasion that the country has suffered since Thursday by Russian troops. As reported on its Facebook page by the office of the Ukrainian Presidency, “the director came to Kiev specifically to record all events taking place in Ukraine as a documentary filmmaker and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country. “.
“Today, Sean Penn is among those who support Ukraine in Ukraine. Our country thanks him for such display of bravery and honesty“, adds the official statement. The Presidency also reports that on Thursday, the winner of two Oscars visited the President’s Office, Volodymyr Zelenskyand attended a press conference by Iryna Vereshchuk, deputy prime minister and adviser to the Office of the Head of State.
The protagonist of ‘Mystic river’ was speaking with accredited journalists at the press conference and “with our military, saw how we defend our country“, explains the official note. “Sean Penn it demonstrates the courage that many others, including Western politicians, lack. The more people who come to our country now, as true friends of Ukraine, who support the struggle for freedom, the sooner it will be possible to stop Russia’s treacherous attack,” the official statement said.
The actor and director has already paid a visit to Ukraine in November 2021 for the first time to prepare this documentary, in the midst of tensions between Ukraine and Russia and it is not the first time that he has been involved in humanitarian operations or has given his opinion on political conflicts.
Source: Lasexta
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