Editing Lars von Trier (section)

=== Position on the Russian war against Ukraine ===
In August 2023, Lars von Trier published on [[Instagram]] a critical entry against the delivery of [[F-16]] fighters to [[Ukraine]], ending his post by saying "Russian lives matter also!"<ref name="guardian-cain">{{cite web |last1=Cain |first1=Sian |title=Lars von Trier defends 'Russian lives matter also' comment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/25/lars-von-trier-defends-russian-lives-matter-also-comment |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 September 2023 |date=25 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=von Trier |first1=Lars |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CwQF70VMWS3/ |website=www.instagram.com |access-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230822185206/https://www.instagram.com/p/CwQF70VMWS3/ |archive-date=22 August 2023}}</ref> The entry immediately became publicized in official [[Russia]]n media and by the Russian [[propaganda]] officer [[Margarita Simonyan]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=ČTK |title=Lars von Trier zaujal Kyjev i Moskvu výrokem, že na ruských životech také záleží {{!}} ČeskéNoviny.cz |url=https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/lars-von-trier-zaujal-kyjev-i-moskvu-vyrokem-ze-na-ruskych-zivotech-take-zalezi/2404508 |website=www.ceskenoviny.cz |access-date=23 September 2023 |language=cs}}</ref> [[Oleksiy Danilov]], head of Ukraine's [[National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine|National Security and Defense Council]], responded on [[Twitter]], criticising von Trier's comments, saying, "The choice between the executioner and the victim becomes a tragedy when the artist chooses the side of the executioner."<ref name="guardian-cain" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Tom |title=Ukrainian official eviscerates Lars von Trier for 'Russian lives also matter' post |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/lars-von-trier-movies-russia-twitter-b2398520.html |website=The Independent |access-date=23 September 2023 |language=en |date=24 August 2023}}</ref> Two days later, Von Trier then made another post on Instagram, saying, "I support Ukraine with every beat of my heart! I was just stating the obvious: that all lives in this world matter!"<ref name="guardian-cain" />