Sean Penn receives ‘Oscar’ made from damaged Ukrainian rail carriage after Zelenskyy meeting

2026-03-18 - 11:29

The actor skipped Academy Awards ceremony to travel to Ukraine, where he was presented with alternative prize Sean Penn has been presented with an Oscar fashioned from the metal of a Ukrainian railway carriage damaged by Russian missiles. The statue, which is flat, silver and shaped like an Academy Award, was given to him by Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, CEO of Ukrainian railways, who told him: “You’re missing Oscars, so we made this one.” Continue reading...