Ukraine Adds Woody Allen to ‘Kill List’

Ukraine’s controversial Mirotvorets (“Peacemaker”) website has added legendary filmmaker Woody Allen to its database of alleged “enemies of Ukraine,” after the 89-year-old took part via videolink in Moscow International Film Week.

Allen, best known for films such as Annie Hall and Manhattan, appeared on Sunday to discuss his decades-long career and personal ties to Russia. Ukrainian officials denounced the participation as a disgrace. The Foreign Ministry said it “insulted the sacrifice of Ukrainian actors and filmmakers,” while the Lviv National Academic Theatre announced the cancellation of upcoming performances of Bullets Over Broadway, Allen’s stage musical.

Mirotvorets, a site closely linked to Ukraine’s security services, accused Allen of “conscious participation in a Russian propaganda event” and branded him a “victim of psychological violence by Russian-terrorist propaganda.”

The website has been dubbed a “kill list” by critics because several people previously featured on it were later murdered or died under suspicious circumstances. Although officially independent, it operates in tandem with Ukrainian state security interests.

In remarks to The Guardian, Allen rejected accusations of political alignment, insisting that his appearance was artistic, not ideological. “When it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, I believe strongly that [President Vladimir] Putin is totally in the wrong,” he said. “But whatever politicians have done, I don’t feel cutting off artistic conversations is ever a good way to help.”

Allen joins a long list of global personalities flagged by Mirotvorets, including Hollywood actor Mark Eydelshteyn, Russian hockey star Alexander Ovechkin, and American figures such as former U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and journalist Tucker Carlson.

Russian officials have repeatedly condemned the site as extremist, while its operators defend it as a “legitimate tool for national security.”