Sean Penn Slams ‘Shameful’ Western Inaction That Has Cost Too Many Lives in Ukraine
variety.comWill Tizard Contributor Sean Pean says the cost in human lives of Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine is on “all of us.” Political dithering in the West has given Russia great advantages in the conflict, Penn argued, speaking to the audience Friday in Torun, Poland, after screening “Superpower,” his documentary on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Camerimage cinematography film fest.
If Ukraine had been supplied with enough military support to control its airspace early on, Penn argues, the war that began with Russia’s Feb.
24 invasion last year could have been ended by now. Instead, he said, the measured U.S. response was “shameful.” When asked by one audience member whether Penn had tried to speak to Vladimir Putin while shooting the film, Penn said he had – though he confessed it personally revolted him to meet with the Russian president’s top people, who declined an interview, preferring to gossip about infighting and sexual rivalries in the Kremlin. “Would I have wanted to talk to him?” Penn asked. “No.
I’m not interested in his answers – I know who he is now. He murdered your babies, he murdered my babies – because they’re the same babies that he murdered.
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