The Ukraine has decided to award the Order of Merit to French actor Alain Delon to thank him for his support for the country attacked by Russia. "Mr.
Delon, dear Alain, I know that you are in a not very simple situation, and I want to tell you that you're not alone," said Ukrainian Ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko on TV5 Monde. The 88-year-old Delon is seriously ill and at the heart of a fratricidal war between his three children, each claiming to want to protect him. He was placed under curatorship by the courts and is now being cared for by a private nurse in Paris. The actor has spoken a lot in support of Ukraine since the first day of the war, and the award is a symbol of what it is important, said the ambassador to France, recalling that the actor had participated in an exchange with President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2022. He had also read texts by the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko during a television program.