The world is watching as Russia inches more and more into Ukrainian territory. Many celebrities have spoken out about the conflict. Last week, Ukrainian-born actress Mila Kunis broke her silence nearly a week after her husband, Ashton Kutcher, made a powerful tweet standing with the people of Ukraine.
Now, the pair is giving an update on their $30 million fundraising effort.
Mila, who was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, filmed a short video alongside Ashton where she spoke publicly for the first time about the "devastating" conflict in her native country.
The charities they chose to support are Airbnb.org and Flexport.org.
Airbnb is providing free, short-term housing to those fleeing Ukraine.
"I've always considered myself an American. A proud American. I love everything this country has done for myself and my family."
Ashton sweetly chimed in that he had never been more proud to be married to a Ukrainian, which made my heart totally melt.
"We need to get housing and we need to get supplies and resources into the area."
"We need to support the people of Ukraine."
“We just wanted to give you a quick update as to where we stand with the fundraising. We’re halfway through,” Mila said. “We’re super-excited, and we want to say thank you to each and every single one of you."
"We’re at $15 million, and we’re heading to $30. We’re going to make this happen."
“There are some problems in the world that take a village to solve, and there are other problems that take the rest of the world. This is one of those other problems.”
This is the kind of support and encouragement we should be seeing from all our favorite Hollywood celebs.
To find out more about the pair's GoFundMe, please click here.
