Zelenskyy awards Order of Merit to Alain Delon – video

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has bestowed the Order of Merit of Ukraine on legendary French film actor Alain Delon. Source: Vadym Omelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to France, on social media and French television; France 24 Quote: "An extremely rare gesture, and unprecedented towards a foreigner."

Details: The Ukrainian Embassy noted that Delon, 88, has been a vocal supporter of Ukraine since the beginning of the war.

The ambassador recalled Delon appearing in an interview in 2022 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy - himself a former actor - and quoting Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko on television.

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