Ukrainian officials thanked actor Sean Penn for appealing to billionaires to buy military equipment for Ukraine.
Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Zelensky’s office, thanked Penn for his appeal.
“We appreciate this support very much,” he said in a tweet.
On Thursday, Penn called for two squadrons of F-15s or 16s that he said would cost a private sector buying about $300 million. He said these 12 aircrafts would be better than “Russian MiGs or SUs.”
Penn also asked for another $200 million in missile defense systems.
“One billionaire could end this war in Ukraine,” he tweeted Thursday.
The Oscar-winner was filming a documentary about Zelensky in Ukraine when Russia’s invasion began.
By open source, 2 squadrons of F-15’s or 16’s (that’s 12 aircraft with better tech than Russian Migs or SU’s) quickly trainable (3 weeks) to Ukrainian aviators would cost private sector buyers approx $300M. Add another $200M in missile defense for a total of $500M. (1/2)
— Sean Penn (@SeanPenn) March 31, 2022
source newsweek.com
