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Mila Kunis spoke about how she feels about the ongoing war between her home country, Ukraine and Russia, in an interview with Maria Shriver for her digital series #ConversationsAbove the Noise.
“It didn’t matter to me that I was from Ukraine. It never mattered,” she said.
“So much so that I always said that I was Russian. I have always said “I am from Russia” for a variety of reasons. One of them, when I came to the States, and I told people, I’m from Ukraine, the first question they asked me was “Where is Ukraine?” And then I would have to explain Ukraine and where it is on the map.”
Mila Kunis has shared how she feels about the ongoing war between her native Ukraine and Russia. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)
Kunis added that “everything changed” when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
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“I can’t express or explain what came over me, but suddenly I sincerely thought, “Oh my God, I feel like a part of my heart has just been ripped out.” It was the strangest feeling,” she said. “It doesn’t detract from me as a person, it just adds a completely different layer.”
At night they go to bed in a bomb shelter, Kunis says, and during the day they take “everything they have to protect themselves in the city and go to their office to get on with their work.”
Kunis shared that she was “appalled” by Ukraine’s reaction to the Russian invasion. (Photo by Axel/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
“I’m not really surprised, but I’m amazed by this group of people. They fight with their own makeshift weapons,” Kunis said. “It’s inspiring.”
Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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She shared that they had a “beautiful conversation” in which Zelenskiy said he wanted to “empower people” under his leadership.
Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher launched a $30 million GoFundMe campaign in hopes of helping the citizens of Ukraine.
Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher launched a campaign in hopes of raising $30 million for Ukraine. (Getty images)
The couple recently shared an update via Instagram less than a week after launching their campaign.
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“Thank you to everyone who helped us raise $20 million in less than a week. We can do this. We can reach our goal. Together. Because we are together with Ukraine. #standwithukraine”.
More than 30,000 people took part in the fundraiser, Kutcher said. Reese Witherspoon commented on the initial fundraising announcement by revealing that she was involved.
Lorin Overhaltz of Fox News contributed to this report.