Hollywood comes to the rescue: Actor Sean Penn sits in the front row of a Ukrainian government press briefing after flying to war-torn Kiev to “film the war for a documentary”
- Sean Penn has been making a documentary about escalating tensions in Ukraine since November last year
- On Thursday, he visited Ukrainian government offices and spoke with military leaders
- The actor was sitting in the front row of a press briefing, wearing sunglasses and a beige jacket.
- He was praised by the Ukrainian government, which said it had the courage to “miss Western leaders”.
- Putin launched airstrikes at 5 a.m. local time Thursday; thousands are now trying to flee the region
- Biden has vowed not to send US troops into the conflict – he is due to speak at noon today
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American actor Sean Penn is present Ukraine to film the rapidly escalating war and sat in the front row of a government press briefing on Thursday as air strikes spread across the country.
Chasing the Penn drama – who found himself in the cartel’s firing line in 2016 after contacting a fugitive drug lord El Chapo – He was wearing sunglasses for a press briefing in the offices of the Ukrainian government.
Penn has been making a documentary about escalating tensions in the region for months. He flew back to Kiev earlier this week before Putin invaded the country, but he seems in no hurry to leave.
In translation Facebook post, the Ukrainian government said it was grateful to be there. He was praised as braver than Western leaders.
“American actor and Oscar-winning director Sean Penn has arrived in Ukraine. The director specially came to Kiev to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country.
“Sean Penn is among those who support Ukraine in Ukraine today. Our country is grateful to him for such an act of courage and honesty.
Actor and director Sean Penn attends a press briefing at the Presidential Office in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, while Mikhail Podoliak, office adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaks.
Actor and director Sean Penn attends a press briefing at the Presidential Office in Kiev, Ukraine, February 24, 2022.
Actor and director Sean Penn attends a press briefing at the Presidential Office in Kiev, Ukraine, February 24, 2022.
Actor and director Sean Penn attends a press briefing at the Presidential Office in Kiev, Ukraine, February 24, 2022.
In a translated Facebook post, the Ukrainian government said it was grateful to be there. He was praised as braver than Western leaders.
“This morning the director visited the president’s office and visited the press briefing of the adviser to the head of the head of state’s office Mikhail Podoliak and the deputy prime minister – Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Irina Vere Pike.
“He talked to journalists, to our military, saw how we defend our country.
“Sean Penn demonstrates the courage that many others lack, especially Western politicians.”
“The more such people, true friends of Ukraine, support the struggle for freedom, the sooner it will be possible to stop the massive attack on Russia,” the Ukrainian government said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Earlier in the week, he was spotted having dinner with other journalists in Kiev.
Penn settles as thousands of others try desperately to flee the country.
Thousands of Ukrainians have taken refuge in underground metro stations to hide from the chaos, while Americans stranded get on buses to flee to Poland or Romania.
Penn with adviser to Ukrainian President Alexander Rodnyansky in Kiev on Tuesday night, the day before the first bombs were dropped
Penn was photographed in Kiev earlier this week with military reporter, former US Air Force special operations pilot Nolan Peterson (center) and columnist and editor Vladislav Davidson
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