Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a photo from his office with Sean Penn and praised him as “a true friend of Ukraine.”
- Penn skipped the Oscars ceremony, where he won Best Supporting Actor for Une bataille après l’autre, because he was in Kyiv.
- Ukrainian officials told AFP the visit is private and framed as support for the country.
- Another Ukrainian source said Penn plans to go to positions on the front line, a detail reported but not independently verified.
- AFP journalists saw Penn entering a Kyiv hotel, extending a pattern of Ukraine trips since 2022 that includes a 2023 documentary on Zelensky.