Ukraine’s first Oscar hailed by Zelenskyy as ‘important for our entire country’

20 Days In Mariupol picked up the Oscar for best documentary (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed Ukraine’s first Oscar as “important for our entire country”.

Ukraine awoke on Monday to another day of war — Russian drones blasted buildings in the Kharkiv and Odesa regions — but also the news it had won its first Oscar.