Actor Sean Penn, who is in Ukraine working on a film documentary, is encouraging the U.S. to come to the rescue of the beleaguered country, which is fighting to preserve its democracy amid a devastating invasion from neighboring Russia.
“Ukraine is the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of dreams. If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost,” Penn wrote in a Twitter message Saturday.
The Oscar-winning actor, film director and social activist visited the Eastern European country in November, according to a Facebook post by the Office of the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Penn returned to Ukraine in recent days as Russian troops invaded the country, where there have been heavy losses. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine earlier this week.
