Actress Erika Eleniak, who is Ukranian, says she is shocked and "sickened" by the war unfolding overseas as Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine overnight. "I am stunned.
I am sad and I am sickened by the attack on Ukraine and the Ukranian people," the former "Baywatch" star told Fox News Digital in a statement early Thursday.
Eleniak's paternal great-grandfather was one of the first pioneer Ukranian immigrants to settle in Canada. She says "proud" of her Ukranian heritage. "I am very proud of my Ukrainian heritage and what my Great Grandfather, Wasyl Eleniak accomplished to make life better for the Ukrainian people," Eleniak continued.
Traffic jams are seen as people leave the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences you have never seen." (Emilio Morenatti) "I have no words for the level of diabolical behavior that is being committed but I am praying that the world will rise up in support of the Ukrainian people and for ALL the people who are affected by this attack," the star, who made her first big break appearing in "E.T." as a child actress, concluded.
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