Oscar-winning actor and director Sean Penn is in Ukraine filming a documentary in regards to the ongoing Russian assault that started Wednesday.
The Workplace of the Ukrainian President wrote in a Fb put up Thursday that Penn attended press briefings, met with Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and spoke to journalists and navy personnel in regards to the Russian invasion.
“Sean Penn demonstrates the braveness that many others, particularly western politicians lack,” the President’s Workplace wrote on Fb. “The director specifically got here to Kiev to file all of the occasions which are at present taking place in Ukraine and to inform the world the reality about Russia’s invasion of our nation.”
The documentary was meant to be high secret, in line with Vladislav Davidzon, a columnist with the Atlantic Council. He mentioned in a briefing that Penn was on his technique to go to with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We spent the night time with Sean Penn final night time, he shook my hand as he was leaving,” Davidzon mentioned. “He was on the way in which to see Zelensky. They had been extraordinarily nervous, I’m advised, however they didn’t know that this was going to occur.”
Penn has been energetic with quite a few humanitarian and anti-war organizations and in addition based a non-profit after the 2010 earthquakes hit Haiti.
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