Photo: Andrew McConnell / UNHCR.
Ben Stilleris using his platform to raise awareness and support for thewar in Ukraine.
The Emmy Award winner, 56, who is also a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador, met with volunteers Saturday upon his arrival in Rzeszow, Poland to assist UNHCR in amplifying the needs of displaced Ukrainians.
“I hope you’ll follow along and share your own messages of support, for people who have fled their homes in Ukraine and for people who have been forced to flee all over the world. Everyone has the right to seek safety. Whoever, wherever, whenever,” Stiller added.
Stiller’s visit comes ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20.
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Russia’sattack on Ukrainecontinues after its forces launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24 — the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.
“You don’t know where to go, where to run, who you have to call. This is just panic,” Liliya Marynchak, a 45-year-old teacher in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine,told PEOPLE of the moment her city was bombed— one of numerous accounts of experiencing bombardment from Russians forces.
Ukraine school bombing.HANDOUT/Ukrainian State Emergency Servic/AFP via Getty
With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyyhas called for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
Putin, 69, insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the best security interests of his country. Zelenskyy, 44, had vowed not to bend.
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“Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,“he told the European Unionin a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding, “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
source: people.com
