Sean Penn traveled to Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky instead of attending the 2026 Academy Awards.The actor received a symbolic IronOscar crafted from a railcar destroyed by a Russian missile during the war.Oleksandr Pertsovskyi presented the award to recognize the support Penn has shown since the 2022 invasion.This visit coincided with Penn winning his third Oscar for his role in the film One Battle After Another.