Sean Penn says Ukraine is going to win war with Russia
nme.comwho last month threatened to “smelt” his Oscars in public if Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wasn’t invited to the 94th Academy Awards, made the assertions in a number of interviews on US television.Penn told The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC that Ukraine is “going to win this thing…it’s a certainty.” He pressed on the unity of the nation, adding: “It’s an exciting moment in history…They look at each other and they say we’re together.”The actor, who was in Ukraine recently to make a documentary film about Russia’s invasion, said that President Zelensky was an inspiration for the American people.“This is freedom of thought and true leadership that is just so moving.
It’s the kind of moving that we need to be able to get [to the US], which is borderline a kind of populist lap dance of a nation at this point.
We’ve got to get back on track together and realise that Ukraine, with all its diversity, has a unity we’ve never seen in modern times,” he said.Penn also appeared on the Fox News show Hannity, where he discussed the war with host Sean Hannity.
Penn again praised Zelensky, saying: “In him, I saw something I’d never seen before.”He added: “It is clear to me that the Ukrainians will win this.
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