Ashton Kutcher Blasts ‘Lying’ Russian Media Amid Ukrainian Invasion
By Movieguide® Contributor
Ashton Kutcher is calling out the Russian media for “lying” amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
“If you know someone from Russia Call them and tell them their media is lying to them,” the actor tweeted. “Ukraine doesn’t want to fight, they just don’t want Putin’s government and don’t want to be occupied.”
Post for socials: If you know someone from Russia Call them and tell them their media is lying to them. Ukraine doesn’t want to fight, they just don’t want Putin’s government and don’t want to be occupied.
— ashton kutcher (@aplusk) March 1, 2022
In addition to his show of solidarity on social media, Kutcher is also using his platform to spread Airbnb’s pledge to host Ukrainian refugees for free.
“Airbnb and Airbnb.org are working with our Hosts to house up to 100,000 refugees fleeing from Ukraine, for free,” Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s CEO, tweeted. “We need help to meet this goal. The greatest need we have is for more people who can offer their homes in nearby countries, including Poland, Germany, Hungary and Romania.”
The situation in Europe hits close to home for Kutcher. His wife, Mila Kunis, immigrated to the U.S. from the then-USSR-controlled Ukraine.
“It was very communist, and my parents wanted my brother and me to have a future, and so they just dropped everything,” Kunis told the Los Angeles Times. “They came with $250.”
Movieguide® has been reporting on the Ukrainian invasion since it began, writing:
On Monday, Feb. 21, Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, ordered his troops into Russian-backed republics, Donetsk and Luhansk, located in an eastern territory of Ukraine called Donbas. Two days later, Putin commenced “shelling” and military force at the border, effectively declaring war on Ukraine.
“Putin has ordered Russian troops into Ukraine. The decrees on recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics order the Russian armed forces to go into separatist territory on peacekeeping missions,” Financial Times’ Moscow Bureau Chief Max Seddon wrote in a Twitter post on Feb. 21.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States classified Putin’s act as a violation of international law and implemented sanctions against Russia.
The EU called Putin’s invasion “a blatant violation of international law as well as of the Minsk agreements.”
“The Union will react with sanctions against those involved in this illegal act,” the EU wrote. “The Union reiterates its unwavering support to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.”
However, Ukraine reported that Putin started “a full-scale invasion” with the economic backlash of looming sanctions offering little deterrent. Over the past few weeks, Russia gathered almost 200,000 troops along the border of Ukraine, which now operates on three fronts.
While Putin claimed that he did not plan for “an occupation” and that the military force was directed away from highly populated areas, Russia’s bully tactics prove that Putin will continue to press forward should the West not take action.
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