A Joaquin Phoenix Animal Rights Documentary Helped Defuse a Ukraine Hostage Crisis

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Hostages in Ukraine have been released safely after kidnapper’s demand involving a Joaquin Phoenix was met.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe director of a 15-year-old animal rights documentary at the center of a baffling hostage situation in Ukraine has condemned the incident, saying, “We do not cause terror to awaken people to terror.”Director Shaun Monson’s comments came after an armed man in Ukraine, identified as 44-year-old Maksim Krivosh, held 13 people hostage on Tuesday, demanding that the country’s president publicly endorse the Joaquin Phoenix-narrated “Earthlings,” among a number

It was a good thing he was a film fan. A hostage stand-off in Ukraine has ended peacefully after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed to the hostage-taker's demand to publicly endorse an obscure documentary narrated by Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.

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Earthlings.Thirteen people had been kidnapped by Maksym Kryvosh, an animal rights activist who took over a bus in Ukraine armed with guns and a grenade.One of Kryvosh’s demands was that Zelenskiy would recommend the 2005 animal rights documentary, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix – which criticises the use of animals for clothing, food, entertainment, and as pets.The President complied by recording a six-second video message on his Facebook page, which was subsequently deleted.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThirteen hostages in Ukraine have been released unharmed after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed to the kidnapper’s demand that he recommend an animal rights documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix.The hostage-taker was armed with guns and a grenade when he took over a bus, sparking a 12-hour standoff with police.According to local reports, the state security service identified him as 44-year-old Maksym Kryvosh, an animal rights activist with a criminal