Zelensky, in turn, awarded Penn an Order of Merit. Recognition for “significant personal merits in strengthening cooperation between states, support for the sovereignty and territorial independence of Ukraine and a significant contribution to the knowledge of Ukraine in the world”.
Later, Penn and Zelenski visited the so-called The walk of the brave in Kiev, a symbolic place in front of the parliament building where all world leaders and other prominent figures who supported Ukraine during the invasion are honored. Zelensky showed him the “Man Who Got Here First” tag, which was Sean Penn himself.
Something that made a big impression on the actor. “There are three places in the world where there is all the pride in my life. The place where my daughter was born, the place where my son was born, and this,” he echoed.
