Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio has donated to multiple humanitarian groups that are supporting Ukraine at the time of the war but previous reports of his $10 million donation directly to Kyiv were false.
DiCaprio's Grandmother Was Not From Ukraine
A fresh report was widely circulated and published by multiple media organisations in recent days claiming that DiCaprio's grandmother was from Ukraine.
Both pieces of information have turned out to be wrong as neither his grandmother had any links to Ukraine nor he donated $10 to the country, revealed a person close to the actor.
BREAKING: Leonardo DiCaprio will donate $10 million to Ukraine.
— Chip Franklin.com (@chipfranklin) March 8, 2022
RT to THANK Leo!
DiCaprio Donated to Humanitarian Groups
Reports also said the actor has donated to the humanitarian groups CARE, International Rescue Committee, the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees and Save the Children in support of Ukraine.
💸 Leonardo DiCaprio sent $ 10 million to the Armed Forces of Ukraine — this is currently the largest donation from one person, according to GSA News
— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) March 8, 2022
Earlier the fake report claimed that DiCaprio donated $10million to a fund for Ukraine, where his grandmother was born in 1915.
According to the viral report, DiCaprio was very close to his grandmother Helene Indenbirken and would take her to premiers of many of his films. DiCaprio would call her 'Oma', reported Snopes, a fact-checking website.
International Visegrad Fund had announced the donation by the Hollywood actor, according to the fake report.
The report has turned out to be untrue but the actor has certainly made some donations of an unknown amount to multiple humanitarian organizations to work for Ukraine.
Leonardo di Caprio donated 10 million dollars to Ukrainian armed forces - this is currently the largest amount from one person, according to GSA News pic.twitter.com/tSM0IqmLRS
— Now in Ukraine (@Now_in_Ukraine) March 8, 2022
Many news stories about the fake donation cited a report published by a website 'Polish News' on March 7. But the earliest iteration of this claim was published on guyanasouthamerica.gy on March 5 referring to anonymous sources inside Ukraine, according to Snopes.
The Hollywood superstar had met Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2010 at a St. Petersburg program focusing on the endangered Siberian tiger. DiCaprio was also designated by the UN as its messenger of peace with a special focus on climate change.
