(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian President's Office, has thanked American actor and film director Sean Penn for his support of Ukraine and for appealing to the world's billionaires to buy air defense systems and fighter jets for Ukraine.
According to Ukrinform, Yermak said this in a statement released on Telegram .
'I thanked my friend Sean Penn for appealing to the world's billionaires to buy for Ukraine missile defense systems and 12 jets surpassing the Russian fighters technically. We appreciate this support very much,' Yermak wrote.
Ukrinform reported earlier that the founder of the CORE Charity Foundation and internationally acclaimed actor and director Sean Penn called on billionaires around the world to join efforts to acquire fighter jets and air defense systems to hand them over to Ukraine.
'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,' the actor said.
CORE helps internally displaced persons in the Lviv region who were forced to flee their homes amid Russian shelling.
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