Actor Sean Penn saw an opportunity and took it, in my opinion. Now that the heat is on, the actor is fleeing Ukraine. Penn has only been in Ukrain filming his documentary for a couple of days but is reportedly headed to Poland as Putin steps of war efforts. Apparently, on foot, <a href=”https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hollywood-star-sean-penn-joins-ukraine-exodus-poland-foot-2022-03-01/”>Reuters</a> reports:
<p class=”text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H” data-testid=”paragraph-0″><em> “Days after visiting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to film scenes for his documentary on Russia’s invasion, Hollywood actor-director Sean Penn found himself among thousands of refugees fleeing to Poland, joining the exodus on foot.</em></p>
<p class=”text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H” data-testid=”paragraph-1″><em>Penn, 61, posted a photo to his Twitter feed on Monday showing the movie star wearing a backpack and toting a piece of luggage on wheels as he trudged along the shoulder of a road beside a line of cars stretching into the distance.”</em></p>
<p class=”text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H” data-testid=”paragraph-2″>”Myself & two colleagues walked miles to the Polish border after abandoning our car on the side of the road,” Penn said in a caption tweeted with the picture. “Almost all the cars in this photo carry women & children only, most without any sign of luggage, and a car their only possession of value.”</p>
Myself & two colleagues walked miles to the Polish border after abandoning our car on the side of the road. Almost all the cars in this photo carry women & children only, most without any sign of luggage, and a car their only possession of value. pic.twitter.com/XSwCDgYVSH
— Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) February 28, 2022
<p class=”gnt_ar_b_p”>The Office of the President <a class=”gnt_ar_b_a” href=”https://www.facebook.com/president.gov.ua” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-t-l=”:b|e|inline click|${u}”>wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday</a> that the actor and filmmaker attended news briefings, met with Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and spoke to journalists and military personnel about the Russian invasion.</p>
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<p class=”gnt_ar_b_p”>”Sean Penn demonstrates the courage that many others, especially western politicians lack,” the president’s office wrote on Facebook. “The director specially came to Kiev to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country.”</p>
<p class=”gnt_ar_b_p”>The actor was in the country taking photos of what would be the frontlines in the Donetsk region in November. Photographs for the upcoming documentary, which is being produced by <a class=”gnt_ar_b_a” href=”https://www.vice.com/en/topic/vice-studios” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-t-l=”:b|e|inline click|${u}”>VICE Studios,</a> showed the actor visiting the Ukrainian Armed Forces.</p>
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