Mila Kunis recalls how people used to question her Ukrainian identity

American actress Mila Kunis has opened up about the recent events in Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion, have taken up on her.

The born Ukrainian actress recently sat down for an interview with Maria Shriver for her digital series, #ConversationsAboveTheNoise and talked about how she feels about the ongoing war between her home country and Russia.

“It’s been irrelevant to me that I come from Ukraine. It never mattered,” the Friends With Benefits actress said.

She also revealed that she would tell people that she was Russian. “I’m from Russia’ for a multitude of reasons. One of them being, when I came to the States, and I would tell people I’m from Ukraine, the first question I’d get was ‘Where is Ukraine?’ And then I’d have to explain Ukraine and where it is on the map.”

“Citing that it was easier to tell them that she's Russian,” she said, ''I was like, great, I’ll just tell people from Russia.''

The Bad Moms actress also said that, “everything changed” when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. “I feel like a part of my heart just got ripped out.’ It was the weirdest feeling,” she said.