‘Proud’ Ukrainian Mila Kunis and husband Ashton Kutcher launch fundraiser to match $3 million in donations

Mila Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher She pledged to match $3 million in donations to the people of the actress’ homeland of Ukraine.

In a video posted to Kutcher’s Instagram account on Thursday, Kunis said she was “proud” of her Ukrainian Heritage has pledged money to help those who fled the country amid Russian invasion.

“I was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1983. I came to America in 1991. I have always considered myself an American, a proud American, and loved everything this country has done for myself and my family. But today, I have never been more proud to be Ukrainian,” said Kunis, 38. “.

“I’ve never been more proud of marrying a Ukrainian woman,” Kutcher added.

The Bad Mothers representative added: “The events in Ukraine are devastating. There is no place in this world for this kind of unjust attack on humanity.”

The couple then pledged to match $3 million in donations through relief efforts via GoFundMe. Flexport.org and Airbnb.org, two organizations that are actively working on the ground and providing immediate assistance to Ukrainians, will benefit from it.

“While we witness the courage of the people of the country in which I was born, we are also witness to the needs of those who chose safety. We are raising funds to support relief efforts that will have an immediate impact and save a lot – we need refugee aid and humanitarian aid in the region. The main challenge now is logistics.” We need to get housing, and we need to get supplies and resources into the area,” Kutcher said.

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They said the pair matched up to $3 million in donations to both organizations. Flexport.org will channel aid to NGOs on the ground and Airbnb will subsidize housing costs for those taking in refugees.

Kunis concluded, “The people of Ukraine are strong and brave, but being brave and brave does not mean that you are not worthy of support. We need the support of the people of Ukraine. Please help us.”

Mila Kunis was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1983.
(Mika Scafari)

The video comes just days after Kutcher showed his support for Ukraine on social media. His wife was born in the country and lived there until the fall of the Soviet Union.

“If you know anyone from Russia, call them and tell them that their media is lying to them,” he said wrote on twitter. “Ukraine doesn’t want to fight, they just don’t want Putin’s government and they don’t want to be occupied.”

Kutcher also shared the message in Ukrainian.

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The “That 70s Show” actor previously shared his support for Ukraine via Twitter“I stand with Ukraine.”

Kunis opened up about immigrating to the United States in an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2008.

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“He was very communist, and my parents wanted my brother and I to have a future, so they gave up everything,” Kunis told the outlets. They came with $250.

The Actress “Black Swan” She said she adapted “fairly quickly and fairly well.” However, Kunis admitted that she struggled to find ways to fit into the second grade.

“I cried every day” revealed. I did not understand people. I did not understand the language.

Volunteers prepare humanitarian aid for victims of the Russian invasion in Lviv, western Ukraine, Monday, February 28, 2022. H
(AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk)

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Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, with President Vladimir Putin describing the attack as a “special military operation”.

Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombing the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city and the main TV tower in Kyiv in what the country’s president described as a blatant campaign of terror.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.