Sean Penn warns of Putin's "brutal mistake" as he's praised for flying into warzone

express.co.uk:

Ukraine to defend their country alone.The 61-year-old was in the country to film a documentary about rising tensions between the two nations, which had been planned months before the ill-fated invasion began.The actor could be seen sitting in the front row of a government press briefing in Kyiv, before he took to Twitter to share his anguish at the dramatic scenes unfolding."Already a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn’t relent, I believe Mr.

Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind," he warned."Ukraine is the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of dreams."If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost."Sean is already well-known for his international philanthropy, having previously flown into Haiti after an earthquake to film a documentary called Citizen Penn.However, his latest attempts to assist Ukraine have seen him heralded as more courageous than the Western political leaders.The Ukrainian Government's official statement was published on Facebook, praising: "Sean Penn demonstrates the courage that many others, especially western politicians lack.""[He] specially came to Kyiv to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia's invasion of our country," the statement continued."Sean Penn is among those who support Ukraine in Ukraine today.

Our country is grateful to him for such a show of courage and honesty."This morning the director visited the Office of the President... [he] spoke to journalists, to our military, saw how we defend our country."Meanwhile President Volodymyr Zelensky himself, also a former actor, posted footage of his meeting with Sean to his Instagram account.He.