Overview
- Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, head of the state railway Ukrzaliznytsia, handed Penn the symbolic statuette in Kyiv and posted a video of the moment on X.
- Pertsovskyi said the figure was crafted from metal taken from a train car part damaged by Russian attacks.
- An inscription on the gift reads, "We have not melted it into a weapon."
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received Penn during the visit and called him a "true friend" of Ukraine.
- Penn missed the Los Angeles Oscars, where he won best supporting actor for "One Battle After Another," bringing his career total to three Academy Awards.