Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis (screen capture)
UPDATE: Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have reached their $30M fundraising goal. #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/OH85S0c4Px
— GoFundMe (@gofundme) March 17, 2022
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Kunis, a native of Ukraine who moved to the United States when she was a child, and Kutcher have set up a GoFundMe campaign that has so far earned nearly $35 million toward refugee and humanitarian aid efforts. The couple also pledged $3 million of their own money.
“Today, I am a proud Ukrainian,” Kunis wrote on the GoFundMe page. “While my family came to the United States in 1991, I was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1983. Ukrainians are proud and brave people who deserve our help in their time of need.”
The donations came from over 70,000 donors and will be sent to Flexport.org and Airbnb.org. Flexport.org is organizing shipments of relief supplies to refugee sites in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Moldova. Airbnb.org is providing free, short-term housing to refugees fleeing Ukraine. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his thanks to the Hollywood couple via Twitter for “inspiring the world:”
“Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis were among the first to respond to our grief. They have already raised $35 million & are sending it to @flexport & @Airbnb to help 🇺🇦 refugees. Grateful for their support. Impressed by their determination. They inspire the world. #StandWithUkraine”
.@aplusk & Mila Kunis were among the first to respond to our grief. They have already raised $35 million & are sending it to @flexport & @Airbnb to help 🇺🇦 refugees. Grateful for their support. Impressed by their determination. They inspire the world. #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/paa0TjJseu
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 20, 2022
“We hit our goal!” Actors Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher thanked donors Thursday in a video update announcing that they had exceeded their $30-million goal benefitting victims of the Russian invasion.https://t.co/RKTnwuwoQd
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 21, 2022
Last week, President Biden announced an additional $800 million in aid from the U.S. would be sent to Ukraine.
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