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Dan Sabbagh in Berlin

Sean Penn says US has to accept ‘level of shame’ for not arming Ukraine faster

Sean Penn at the photocell for his documentary Superpower at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin.
Sean Penn at the photocell for his documentary Superpower at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival, Berlin. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Sean Penn said the US has to accept “a level of shame” for not helping Ukraine with weapons supplies quicker at the premiere of his documentary about president Voldoymyr Zelenskiy and the war.

Speaking after the screening in Berlin on Friday night, the Hollywood A-lister said he believed the war in Ukraine was one that the west cannot ultimately afford to see Kyiv lose, an argument that underpins the new film, Superpower.

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