Leonardo DiCaprio Donates $10 Million To Ukraine, His Grandmother’s Homeland

Reports
revealed
that
Leonardo
DiCaprio
recently
donated
$10
million
to
support
Ukraine
amid
its
fight
with
Russia.
The
donation
comes
after
several
Hollywood
stars
like
David
Beckham,
Victoria
Beckham,
Ryan
Reynolds,
Blake
Lively,
Mila
Kunis,
Ashton
Kutcher
donated
and
raised
millions
in
support
of
Ukraine.

Jennifer
Aniston
Honours
Women
Heroically
Fighting
For
Ukraine
In
A
Heartfelt
Post

However,
Leo’s
donation
has
a
personal
connection.
Reports
have
revealed
that
the
actor’s
maternal
grandmother
Helene
Indenbirken
was
born
in
Ukraine.
She
was
born
in
Odessa
as
Jelena
Stepanovna
Smirnova,
but
emigrated
to
Germany
with
her
parents
in
1917.

Leonardo’s
donation
to
his
grandmother’s
native
land
was
also
announced
by
the
International
Visegrad
Fund.
The
project
back
by
Visegrad
Group
promotes
development
in
Eastern
Europe
and
aims
at
financial
support
for
international
initiatives.

The
actor
was
reportedly
close
to
his
maternal
grandmother,
Helene.
She
was
always
supportive
of
his
acting
career
and
often
accompany
him
at
the
premieres
of
his
movies
almost
until
the
end.
Notably,
Helene
passed
away
in
2008
at
the
age
of
93.

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Garfield,
Kristen
Stewart,
Penelope
Cruz
&
Other
Gather
For
Annual
Oscar
Nominees
Luncheon

Meanwhile,
earlier
this
month,
Mila
Kunis
and
Ashton
Kutcher
also
announced
that
they
will
be
donating
$3million
to
support
humanitarian
activities
in
Ukraine
and
the
rehabilitation
of
Ukrainian
refugees.
Earlier
this
week
the
couple
revealed
that
they
aim
to
raise
$30
million
in
total
and
have
managed
to
reach
$15
million.

For
the
unversed,
Mila
was
born
in
Chernivtsi,
southern
Ukraine,
in
1983
and
moved
to
the
USA
in
1991.