On the occasion of Independence Day, Ukrainian show business stars received honorary awards from the President of Ukraine.

However, after the awarding of celebrities, a number of questions and a flurry of criticism arose as to why some artists received awards.

In particular, Yevhen Koshovy

and

Oleksandr Pikalov

were among those who were incited

.

Koshovyi commented on their awarding.

According to the actor, they received the honors thanks to volunteer work.

Since the beginning of the war, the actors have done a lot for Ukraine, but they did not advertise it.

According to Koshovoy, they did not see the point of doing this, especially since the artists helped the Ukrainians with their own money.

"The fact that we do not speak publicly about this volunteer activity of ours is our business. Until now, we have done everything with our own funds, we did not collect donations from other people, so it did not even occur to us that we should report to someone. Someone else advertises his volunteer activity is his business. Others also received orders for it. But for some reason it was our awards with Sasha that caused the most noise," Koshovy commented in an interview with kp.ua.

Oleksandr Pikalov and Yevhen Koshovy / Photo: instagram.com/pikalov95_official

Evgeny said that since the beginning of the war, he and Pikalov have received a lot of hate.

In particular, they wrote that they fled abroad.

Koshovyi emphasized that they remained in Ukraine.

The actor tries not to react to the hate.

"I predicted that this would happen. Because from the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, we have been receiving a lot of hate. For example, someone spread rumors that Pikalov and I fled to Poland on the first day of the war... And this despite the fact that Sashko and I still On the morning of the 24th, they came to the 1+1 TV channel, went live from the studio - to support the people. From the second week of the war, they began to travel with speeches to the military. They performed in military units, bomb shelters, hospitals, and metro stations. If you read all that , what they write, one might get the impression that Sasha and I have already traveled half the world in these six months. I try not to react to such things. But sometimes, of course, anger takes over. Although you understand that some people are simply paid for this - for them to speak to people," Koshovy noted.

We will remind you that on August 28, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a decree awarding orders to famous people, including many celebrities.

However, after the publication of the lists of awardees, a flurry of criticism began to pour in on some stars.

Later, Zelensky explained

why he was awarded the orders of

Pikalov, Koshovo and other stars.

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