Overview
- Penn won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another, his third Academy Award, but did not attend the Los Angeles ceremony.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky posted photos from their Kyiv meeting and thanked Penn on X, calling him a true friend of Ukraine.
- Ukrzaliznytsia presented Penn with an 'Iron Oscar' made from a train car damaged in a Russian attack, delivered by CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.
- Presenter Kieran Culkin accepted the statuette on Penn’s behalf during the telecast, noting the winner’s absence with a brief quip.
- The visit extends Penn’s ongoing engagement with Ukraine, including the 2023 documentary Superpower and a 2022 meeting where he gave an Oscar to Zelensky.