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Mila Kunis Opens Up About Her Ukrainian Roots, Says It Feels Like Part of Her Heart 'Just Got Ripped Out'

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Mila Kunis told people she was from Russia — but not anymore. The 38-year-old actress, who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine in 1991, opened up about her connection to her native country amid Russia's attack.

In an interview with Maria Shriver for her , the  star explained that she had felt like she was «L.A. through and through» after moving to California around the age of eight. «I very much have always felt like an American,» she said.

In fact, she would tell people she was from Russia because it was more likely they would know it. «It's been irrelevant to me that I’ve come from Ukraine.

It never mattered,» she told Shriver. «So much so that I've always said I'm Russian, right? Like I've always been like, 'I'm from Russia' for a multitude of reasons.»However, in the midst of Russia's invasion, Kunis' connection to her homeland has come to the surface. «This happens and I can’t express or explain what came over me but all of a sudden…I was like, 'Oh my God, I feel like a part of my heart just got ripped out,'» she described. «It was the weirdest feeling.»She's imparting that pride on her two children with husband Ashton Kutcher: daughter Wyatt, 7, and son Dimitri, 5. «I turned to my kids and I was like, 'You are half Ukrainian, half American!' Like, I literally was like, 'Look, you!' And my kids were like, 'Yeah mom, I get it.' And I was like, 'No!

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