“To the people of Ukraine, my heart is with them and I pray for them on a daily basis. And I think for everybody else… the Russian intention in Ukraine has been genocidal from the beginning. The notion that Ukraine does not exist, that the state is artificial, and that its national consciousness is a confusion is just a lie… My family is okay, they’re dispersed, they’re dispersed, but they stayed in Ukraine and they’re fighting for her.” – Vera Farmiga