An acquaintance forwarded this to me (I am not a Fox News reader so I
had not seen it):
>
> https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ukraine-los-angeles-mila-kunis-family-fled-soviet-union
>
>
> From Ukraine to LA: How Mila Kunis' family fled the Soviet Union
> when she was 7 years old
>
>
> Kunis has previously cited antisemitism in the Soviet Union as to
> why her Jewish family fled in 1991, right before its fall
>
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> Mila Kunis <https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/mila-kunis>,
> born Milena Markovna Kunis, is a proud Ukrainian, originally from
> Chernivtsi. Her Jewish family fled Ukraine, which at the time was a
> Soviet republic, when she was only seven years old in 1991, right
> before its fall.
>
> Her father Mark was a mechanical engineer in Ukraine and her mother
> Elvira was a physics teacher.
>
> She has previously cited antisemitism in the Soviet Union as one of
> the reasons her family fled the country. In 2011, the successful
> actress opened up to the Daily Telegraph about her early childhood.
>
> Mila Kunis, born Milena Markovna Kunis, is a proud Ukrainian,
> originally from Chernivtsi.
> Mila Kunis, born Milena Markovna Kunis, is a proud Ukrainian,
> originally from Chernivtsi. (Reuters)
>
> "My whole family was in the Holocaust. My grandparents passed and not
> many survived," she said.
>
> *_MILA KUNIS, A ‘PROUD UKRAINIAN,' AND HUSBAND ASHTON KUTCHER LAUNCH
> FUNDRAISER FOR PEOPLE OF UKRAINE_*
> <https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mila-kunis-proud-ukrainian-husband-ashton-kutcher-launch-fundraiser-match-3-million-donations>
>
> "After the Holocaust, in Russia you were not allowed to be religious.
> So my parents raised me to know I was Jewish. You know who you are
> inside. When I was in school you would still see antisemitic signs."
>
> "One of my friends who grew up in Russia, she was in second grade. She
> came home one day crying. Her mother asked why and she said on the
> back of her seat there was a swastika. This is a country that
> obviously does not want you,: Kunis added.
>
> Her Jewish family fled Ukraine, which at the time was a Soviet
> republic, when she was only seven years old in 1991, right before its
> fall.
> Her Jewish family fled Ukraine, which at the time was a Soviet
> republic, when she was only seven years old in 1991, right before its
> fall. (Reuters, File)
>
> *_A LOOK AT UKRAINIAN STARS VOWING TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY_*
> <https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ukrainian-stars-joining-fight-against-russia>**
>
> In an interview with Glamour
> <https://www.glamour.com/story/mila-kunis-on-life-with-ashton-and-making-babies>
> magazine in 2016, Kunis detailed the struggles her parents endured to
> give herself and her brother Michael, now 46, a new life.
>
> "My parents went through hell and back. They came to America with
> suitcases and a family of seven and $250, and that’s it," she said in
> the interview.
>
> "My parents, for years, worked full-time and went to college
> full-time. They would go to night school to learn English. My mom
> started working at Thrifty in Culver City as a box lady. That’s what
> she did until she learned English; then she became a cashier. My dad
> worked—f--k if I know—seven jobs? He painted a house. He would deliver
> toilets. He drove a cab, delivered pizzas."
>
> Mila Kunis
> Mila Kunis (Reuters, File)
>
> "Whatever he could do, he did. Ultimately, my dad owned cabs, and my
> mom worked her way up to manager of a Rite-Aid; they bought a car and
> a condo. But growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My
> parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser
> than any other kids."
>
> *_MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKY ON LEAVING UKRAINE: ‘I FEEL GUILTY’_*
> <https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/maksim-chmerkovskiy-leaving-ukraine-guilty>
>
> Kunis also spoke to the Los Angeles Times in 2008 to share how
> immigrating to the United States at such a young age affected her.
>
> "It was very communist, and my parents wanted my brother and me to
> have a future, and so they just dropped everything," Kunis told the
> outlet.
>
> The Kunis family packed all their belongings and moved to Los Angeles
> in pursuit of a better life.
> The Kunis family packed all their belongings and moved to Los Angeles
> in pursuit of a better life. (Reuters)
>
> Kunis said she adjusted "fairly quickly and fairly well."
>
> However, Kunis did admit that she struggled to find ways to fit in
> during the 2nd grade.
>
> "I cried every day," she revealed. "I didn't understand the people. I
> didn't understand the language."
>
> In 2014, the "Black Swan" actress said immigrating to America "was
> much harder for my 13-year-old brother, it was much harder for my
> parents."
>
> Kunis and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, 44, recently vowed to match up
> to $3 million in donations to help provide immediate humanitarian aid
> to Ukrainian refugees.
> Kunis and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, 44, recently vowed to match up
> to $3 million in donations to help provide immediate humanitarian aid
> to Ukrainian refugees. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)
>
> During the interview with the Star-Ledger, the reporter tried to get
> Kunis' thoughts on her native country – at the time, Russia had
> invaded and annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine. But Kunis noted that
> she was a child when her family had left.
>
> "Just because I lived there until I was 7 doesn’t mean I identify with
> Ukraine," she said in part. Kunis – as mentioned in a recent social
> media video – has said she "always considered myself American,"
> however, amid the Russia-Ukraine war, Kunis emphasized she couldn't be
> "more proud to be a Ukrainian," and is proudly defending the country
> against Russia's invasion.
>
> Last week, the "That 70s Show" star and her husband, Ashton Kutcher,
> 44, vowed to match up to $3 million in donations to help provide
> immediate humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees.
>
> In a video that Kutcher shared with his Instagram followers on
> Thursday, Kunis started off the video saying, "I was born in
> Chernivtsi, Ukraine, in 1983. I came to America in 1991. I have always
> considered myself American, a proud American, I love everything that
> this country has done for myself and my family."
>
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>
> In a video that Kutcher shared with his Instagram followers on
> Thursday, Kunis started off the video saying that she is a "proud
> American" but that she has "never been more proud to be a Ukrainain."
> In a video that Kutcher shared with his Instagram followers on
> Thursday, Kunis started off the video saying that she is a "proud
> American" but that she has "never been more proud to be a Ukrainain."
> (Getty Images)
>
> "But today, I have never been more proud to be a Ukrainian," Kunis
> concluded.
>
> "And I've never been more proud to be married to a Ukrainian," Kutcher
> added.
>
> "The events that have unfolded in Ukraine are devastating. There is no
> place in this world for this kind of unjust attack on humanity," the
> "Bad Moms" actress added.
>
> "The events that have unfolded in Ukraine are devastating. There is no
> place in this world for this kind of unjust attack on humanity," the
> "Bad Moms" actress added to her statement.
> "The events that have unfolded in Ukraine are devastating. There is no
> place in this world for this kind of unjust attack on humanity," the
> "Bad Moms" actress added to her statement. (AP, File)
>
> The couple then vowed to match $3 million in donations through a
> relief effort via GoFundMe. It will benefit Flexport.org
> <http://Flexport.org> and Airbnb.org <http://Airbnb.org>, two
> organizations that are actively on the ground providing immediate
> assistance to Ukrainians.
>
> "While we witness the bravery of the people of the country that she
> was born in we're also witness to the needs of those who have chosen
> safety. We're raising funds to support a relief effort that will have
> immediate impact and supply much-needed refugee and humanitarian aid
> in the area. The principal challenge right now is logistics. We need
> to get housing, and we need to get supplies and resources into the
> area," Kutcher said.
>
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>
> The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
> has confirmed that 406 civilians were killed in Ukraine
> <https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-ukraine-war-photos-invasion-death-devastation-putin-zelenskyy>
> since Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion
> <https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/personalities/vladimir-putin>
> began on Feb. 24. And 801 more civilians were injured as of midnight
> Sunday, the office said, noting that fighting has stymied accurate
> reporting, and the numbers are actually higher.
>
> The attack has prompted 1.7 million Ukrainians to flee the country.
>
> /Fox News' Stephanie Pagones and Melissa Roberto contributed to this
> report/
>
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