British actor Ian McKellen joined in commemorating the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The star of " The video appeared on the Facebook page of a public organization that popularizes Ukrainian culture on the world stage, Ukraine WOW.
Two-time Oscar nominee Ian McKellen, known for his roles as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings franchise and Magneto in the X-Men film series, publicly supported Ukraine. Its reading was a gesture of solidarity and an attempt to draw the attention of an international audience to Ukrainian culture and the voices of those living in war.
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Poem by Arthur Drone "
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love does not envy, love is not proud,.
love is afraid with animal fear,.
but keeps going.
love could give up, give up everything,.
but keeps going.
And sometimes love's legs are shot,.
or there are fragments at the feet of love,.
and her legs are squeezed by the turnstiles,.
or love no longer has legs.
Then her friends carry love.
Love digs trenches and lives in them,.
and gnaws ice from a cut bottle in them,.
when you want to drink at minus twenty.
Love goes on combat duty,.
rises to position.
with hernias, with temperatures, with prostatitis,.
with concussions, asthma and allergies,.
with high probability.
don't come back.
with thoughts about someone.
about someone most important.
Endures everything, believes everything, hopes everything, endures everything!
Love distinguishes by ear.
exits of hail, arrivals of mines and movement of tanks.
The eyes of love hurt.
when you look into a thermal imager for a long time.
Love wakes up at night.
when mice crawl in the dugout.
under her pea coat.
Sometimes love.
wanders for a long time in landing after a difficult battle.
And sometimes.
love closes the eyes of its friends.
And wraps them in sleeping bags.
and takes out.
Love never stops!
Although prophecies exist, they will cease,.
although languages \u200b\u200bexist, they will remain silent,.
although knowledge exists, it will be canceled.
Because sometimes the shelling ends,.
and love closes its eyes,.
and her friends wrap her in sleeping bags,.
and take it out.
And then she.
passes alive"
Before the full-scale war, Artur Dron worked as an event manager at the " In the spring of 2022, he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fought in the Donetsk, Kharkov and Zaporozhye directions. His service ended in the fall of 2024 due to severe injury and acquired disability..
Dronya’s collection “Hemingway Knows Nothing” was included in the list of the best publications of 2025 according to the Ukrainian PEN in the essay category. In total, the rating includes 252 Ukrainian books and translations, published despite constant Russian attacks on the publishing infrastructure.