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Benedict Cumberbatchis stepping up for Ukrainian refugees amidRussia’s invasion.
The Emmy Award winner, 45, revealed that he’s opening his U.K. home to a Ukrainian family fleeing the war in their country as he spoke toSky Newson Tuesday at the London premiere ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
“They’ve made it out of Ukraine, I’m monitoring their progress every day,” he said of the family he’s hosting with the help of nonprofitRefugees at Home.
“Sadly, they are undergoing some medical treatment — to say anything more about that would be invasion of their privacy and too much about when they’re coming and how that’s being managed would invade mine — but I want to give them some stability after the turmoil that they’ve experienced, and that’s within my home,” Cumberbatch added.
Cumberbatch also noted that he’s been assisting other Ukrainian nationals who are U.K. citizens, attempting to house their extended families.
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“So, I’ve been trying to help out with that financially in a couple of instances,” Cumberbatch said.
ThePower of the Dogactor praised Refugees at Home for also providing mental health support, which is important for refugees facing the psychological trauma of war.
“However gentle and generous and welcoming we are as hosts, we don’t have the skills of the mental health professions to necessarily deal with those things,” he said. “I would urge people to seek out further help to bolster their efforts, and people are doing an amazing amount — it makes me very proud, very, very proud of our country and very proud of what we can be at our best as a human race.”
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With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyycalled for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
Putin, 69, insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and he is acting in the best security interests of his country. Zelenskyy, 44, vowed not to bend. “Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,” he told the European Union in a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding: “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
source: people.com
