Russia-Ukraine War: From Sonu Sood To Javed Akhtar, Bollywood Celebs Express Concern
Russia-Ukraine War: Several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to express their views about the ongoing crisis.
After Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday, several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to express their views about the ongoing crisis. Vladimir Putin ordered a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday via televised speech.
Russia's Putin announces a 'military operation' in Ukraine, calls on Ukraine military to 'lay down its arms': AFP pic.twitter.com/jf9M3FU6ir
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2022
Sonu Sood urged Indian Embassy to find a route for the evacuation of Indians.
There are 18000 Indian students and many families who are struck in Ukraine, I am sure Government must be trying their best to get them back. I urge Indian Embassy to find an alternate route for their evacuation. Praying for their safety. #IndiansInUkraine
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) February 24, 2022
Richa Chadha wrote on Twitter, “Every annexation/withdrawal of troops that push a country back into the Dark Ages/new data privacy rules, everything that’ll happen now will happen to ‘further democracy’ and in ‘national interest’. (If people don’t fight for freedom, we’ll be glorified serfs again badhai (sic).”
Every annexation/withdrawal of troops that push a country back into the Dark Ages/new data privacy rules, everything that’ll happen now will happen to ‘further democracy’ and in ‘national interest’.
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha) February 24, 2022
(If people don’t fight for freedom, we’ll be glorified serfs again ☺️badhai) pic.twitter.com/WETvjQQdhZ
In a tweet, actor Tillotama Shome wrote that "nothing can be uglier than war." "I worry incessantly for my mother who is battling cancer in the midst of covid. But when I think of the families and cancer patients in the middle of war, my brain just ceases to comprehend. Nothing absolutely nothing is uglier than war. Mothers don't give life for war," she tweeted.
I worry incessantly for my mother who is battling cancer in the।midst of covid. But when I think of the families and cancer patients in the middle of war, my brain just ceases to comprehend. Nothing absolutely nothing is uglier than war.Mother's don't give life for war.
— Tillotama Shome (@TillotamaShome) February 24, 2022
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar, too, reacted to the situation."If the Russian / Ukrainian conflict evokes a sense of fairness n justice, a humane desire to protect the weaker in them, Why all of the western powers are totally indifferent towards Saudi carpet bombings and atrocities on a small country like Yemen," he wrote on Twitter.
If the Russian / Ukrainian conflict evokes a sense of fairness n justice , a humane desire to protect the weaker in them , Why all of the western powers are totally indiffrent towards Saudi carpet bombings and atrocities on a small country like Yemen .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 23, 2022
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Putin announced the military operation via televised speech. Defending its military action, Russia said the root of "today's crisis around Ukraine is the actions of Ukraine itself" and the Russian operation is aimed to protect residents in the eastern part of the country.
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