Accepting the award for best documentary feature, director Mstyslav Chernov said he was honoured to be Ukraine's first Oscar winner.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed Ukraine's first-ever Oscar won by 20 Days In Mariupol, a documentary about Russia's brutal siege of the port city.
He said the film shows the truth about Russian terrorism.
It provides rare testimony of the suffering of Mariupol's residents while their city is being destroyed.
Accepting the award for best documentary feature, director Mstyslav Chernov said he was honoured to be Ukraine's first Oscar winner.
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