Milla Jovovich posted on Instagram about being “heartbroken and dumbstruck” over Russia invading her home country, Ukraine. She said she was attempting to “process the events” at her place of birth.
The ‘Resident Evil’ star wrote “My country and people being bombed. Friends and family in hiding”.
She went on to explain how she had close ties to both Russia and Ukraine. Jovovich continued, “My blood and my roots come from both Russia and Ukraine. I am torn in two as I watch the horror unfolding, the country being destroyed, families being displaced, their whole life lying in charred fragments around them. I remember the war in my father’s homeland of former Yugoslavia and the stories my family tells of the trauma and terror they experienced. War. Always war. Leaders who cannot bring peace. The never ending juggernaut of imperialism. And always, the people pay in bloodshed and tears”.
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The 46-year-old star also attached a link to organizations providing help to the people in Ukraine. Jovovich was born in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Her mother is Russian and her father is Serbian. They lived in Moscow during Jovovich’s early childhood. In 1980, when the actress was five, the family left the erstwhile Soviet Union to move to London. Eventually, they settled in Los Angeles.
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Other actors like Ashton Kutcher, have also expressed solidarity over the Ukraine issue. He’s married to the Ukrainian-born actress, Mila Kunis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin started off the incursion into Ukraine by recognizing the country’s breakaway regions as independent. Then he sent peacekeeping forces before mounting a special military operation. There were claims on Russia’s part to have halted the military advances so Ukraine could engage in negotiations with the Moscow government. However, troops have continued movement, even with NATO members imposing heavy sanctions on Russia. Notably, Kyiv still remains in Ukrainian hands, though fighting has reached the capital.
