Sean Penn awarded ‘Oscar’ forged from war-damaged train in Ukraine— after skipping ceremony
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By Adam Silverstein
Published on March 18, 2026.
Actor Sean Penn won best supporting actor for his role in "One Battle After Another" at the Academy Awards, but chose to fly to war-torn Ukraine instead. While A-listers gathered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Penn was meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi presented Penn with a one-of-a-kind "IronOscar" made from metal taken from a railcar destroyed by a Russian missile. The award comes with a powerful inscription expressing gratitude for Penn's dedication to Ukraine. Despite his absence from the ceremony, sources suggest that Penn had planned the Ukraine trip days in advance.
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