My world went silent, says actress Ivanna Sakhno on hearing Russia invaded her homeland Ukraine
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War has been a clear theme in Ukrainian cinema in recent years, due to the Russian Federation's desperate attempts to tear and reshape Ukrainian history, said the actress.
Los Angeles: It was only a few months ago that actress Ivanna Sakhno had every reason to celebrate when it was announced the 'Pacific Rim: Uprising' actor would be joining the highly anticipated Star Wars limited series 'Ahsoka' opposite, Rosario Dawson.
But last week Sakhno's world came crashing down when, during an evening out with friends in New York's East Village, she found out Russia had invaded her native Ukraine. Sakhno immediately called her mother, Ukrainian director Galina Kuvivchak-Sakhno, and her father Anatolii Sakhno, a cinematographer who remains in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital city.
Sakhno spoke to Variety about the devastating situation unfolding in her homeland, reports variety.com.
Asked how her family is and Where are they in Ukraine, she replied: "My father has been relocating children and their mothers from Kyiv to safer parts of Ukraine where they have created a base for orphans and families of soldiers. His mother is in Crimea, a part of Ukraine that has been occupied since March 2014 - I have not been able to see her ever since. My other grandmother is hiding in a bunker that was used in World War II and up until now functioned as a city gym. The rest of my extended family is in Kyiv."
"I try to stay in contact with them as much as I can, although at times it has been difficult due to lack of service. I am mostly able to check how they are doing through the 24-hour news channel in Ukraine. They're updating on where the most heated conflicts are occurring, which at least gives me a sense of how safe they are whenever we can't be in touch."