Hollywood star Mila Kunis said that the Russian people should not be blamed for the invasion of Ukraine and the actions of the “people in power.”
“I don’t think that we need to consider the people of Russia an enemy,” Kunis, 38, who was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, said in a clip released Friday.
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“I do really want to emphasize that. I don’t think that that’s being said enough in the press,” she said. “I think that there’s now, ‘If you’re not with us, you’re against us’ mentality. And I don’t want people to conflate the two problems that are happening.”
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The short clip is a preview for an upcoming episode of Maria Shriver’s online series Conversations Above the Noise, according to a report.
“I don’t think it’s the people of Russia, so I don’t want there to be a thing of all Russians are horrible human beings. I don’t want that to be the rhetoric,” Kunis, who immigrated to the United States at 7 years old, said.
“I do encourage people to look at it from the perspective of, it’s the people in power, not the people themselves.”
Kunis and her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher, 44, launched the “Stand with Ukraine” GoFundMe in cooperation with Flexport and Airbnb on March 3 and set an initial goal of $30 million.
“This happened, and I can’t express or explain what came over me, but all of the sudden, I feel like, ‘Oh my god. A part of my heart just got ripped out,'” according to Kunis.
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The Hollywood star’s full interview with Maria Shriver is set to be released Sunday.
