{"id":335909,"date":"2022-02-25T01:34:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=335909"},"modified":"2022-02-25T01:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T07:04:03","slug":"priyanka-chopra-says-situation-in-ukraine-terrifying-calls-for-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/priyanka-chopra-says-situation-in-ukraine-terrifying-calls-for-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Priyanka Chopra says situation in Ukraine \u2018terrifying\u2019, calls for support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Indian Actor Priyanka Chopra on Friday dubbed Russian military attack on Ukraine as \u201cterrifying\u201d and said it was difficult to understand how the situation has escalated to a \u201ccatastrophic point\u201d.<\/p>\n

Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere would lead to consequences they had \u201cnever seen\u201d.<\/p>\n

Priyanka Chopra, who is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, took to Instagram and shared a news clipping of the Ukraine crisis. \u201cThe situation unfolding in Ukraine is terrifying. Innocent people living in fear for their lives and the lives of their loved ones, while trying to navigate the uncertainty of the immediate future,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Priyanka Chopra also attached a UNICEF donation link in her bio to help the children of Ukraine. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to comprehend how in the modern world this could escalate to such a catastrophic point, but this is a consequential moment that will reverberate around the world. There are innocent lives living in this war zone. They are just like you and me. Here is more info at the link in my bio about how to assist the people of Ukraine,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Priyanka Chopra is the latest Bollywood personality to show solidarity with Ukraine after filmmakers Onir, Rahul Dholakia, actor Tillotama Shome condemned Russia\u2019s special military operation, which President Vladimir Putin claimed was intended to protect civilians. Big explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indian Actor Priyanka Chopra on Friday dubbed Russian military attack on Ukraine as \u201cterrifying\u201d and said it was difficult to understand how the situation has escalated to a \u201ccatastrophic point\u201d. Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":335910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[4211,13485,12009],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335911,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335909\/revisions\/335911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/335910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}