In March, then-Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch said of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the British Academy Film Awards, “We need to donate.
We need to push our politicians to continue to create some kind of a refugee…haven here for people that are suffering.”The actor also pledged to take personal action.“Everyone needs to do as much as they can.
I think already today the news has broke that there’s been a record number of people volunteering to take people into their homes.
I hope to be part of that myself.”Cumberbatch, it seems, followed through on that pledge.The Doctor Strange star told Sky News at the London Multiverse of Madness premiere Tuesday that he has been paired with a Ukrainian family and will welcome them into his home when arrive in the UK.“They’ve made it out of Ukraine,” he said. “I’m monitoring their progress every day.”He explained, “Sadly, they are undergoing some medical treatment — to say anything more about that would be invasion of their privacy and too much about when they’re coming and how that’s being managed would invade mine — but I want to give them some stability after the turmoil that they’ve experienced, and that’s within my home.”And that is not the extent of his actions.“I’ve been trying to help other Ukrainian families — nationals that are UK citizens — to house their extended families en masse, which you know they want to do, but it’s very costly,” said Cumberbatch. “So, I’ve been trying to help out with that financially in a couple of instances.”According to the the U.N, over 7 million people in Ukraine have been displaced as a result of the Russian assault, with more than 5 million of those fleeing the country.
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