Zelensky has praised Ukraine’s first-ever Oscar gained by 20 Days In Mariupol, a documentary in regards to the siege on town.
Ukraine awoke on Monday to a different day of battle – Russian drones blasted buildings within the Kharkiv and Odesa areas – but additionally to information that it had gained its first Oscar.
The very best documentary victory for Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing first-person account by The Related Press journalist of the early days of Russia’s invasion in 2022, was bittersweet.
“That is the primary Oscar in Ukrainian historical past, and I’m honoured,” an emotional Chernov mentioned on Sunday on the Academy Awards.
“In all probability I would be the first director on this stage to say I want I’d by no means made this movie, I want to have the ability to alternate this to Russia by no means attacking Ukraine,” he informed the viewers.
Again house in his native Ukraine, the award was lauded for exposing the brutal devastation of the battle, and for the message Chernov despatched from one of many greatest levels on the earth.