Sean Penn loans his Oscar to Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy

Actor presented his statuette to the president in Kyiv, telling him: When you win, bring it back to Malibu'

Sean Penn has given an Oscar statuette to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a meeting in Kyiv.

In a video posted on Zelenskiy's Instagram account, Penn, who has been one of the most high profile supporters of Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, takes the Oscar statuette out of a bag and places it on a table in front of Zelenskiy, saying: I feel terrible. This is for you. It's just a symbolic silly thing, but if I know this is here with you then I'll feel better and stronger for the fight."