Liev Schreiber Headlines D.C. ‘UnSanctioned’ Event To Bolster Support To Ukrainians
30.01.2023 - 18:57
/ deadline.com
Liev Schreiber urged a crowd of D.C. lawmakers, ambassadors and media figures for continued support for Ukrainians as the one-year anniversary nears of Russia’s attempted invasion.
The occasion was UnSanctioned, an event at the French ambassador’s residence that brought together those who have been sanctioned by Vladimir Putin’s regime to support the humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.
The list, as Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova noted, is long. The sanctioned guests at the Friday evening event included Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, State Department Spokesman Ned Price, Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), Susan Glasser, Bianna Golodryga and Craig Kennedy.
Schreiber, the co-founder of BlueCheck Ukraine, a non-profit that fast-tracks financial support to Ukraine NGOs, said, “Our idea is simply that no one is more capable or better suited to helping Ukrainians than the Ukrainians themselves, as they have already proven time and time again. They are incredibly strong people. And our idea was just to go to Ukraine, find out who the NGOs are on the ground, the independent groups that are providing aid and relief, and get support directly to them, without any middleman as quickly as we could.”
Schreiber pointed to the work of Pavlo Schula, who pooled his resources and organized an evacuation effort with minivans. He was contracted by a group, Kidsave, that partnered by BlueCheck, and the result was the rescue of more than 10,000 women and children.
“It’s just an idea of why the Ukrainians are uniquely suited to solve their own problems,” Schreiber said. “They just need our support,