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The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer, killed on the set of "Rust" last year, is "trapped" in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
Halyna's widower, Matt Hutchins, shared the news to his private Twitter account on Friday and explained that her family was in Kyiv, according to NPR.
"Ukrainian refugees need humanitarian corridors. Halyna's family is trapped in Kyiv because of the danger of travel," he wrote, according to the outlet. Hutchins reportedly added that Halyna's parents, Olga and Anatoly Androsovych, have stayed in Kyiv "to prepare for the worst."
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion into Ukraine on February 24. Parts of Kyiv continue to face attacks from Russian forces, and some civilians, including Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets, have died.
Hutchins continued that Halyna's mother has been a nurse for more than a decade and continues to work at a local hospital "because her country needs her, but also because they cannot leave safely," NPR reported.
Hutchins reassured his Twitter followers that Halyna's sister, Svetlana, and her 3-year-old daughter traveled from Kyiv to Romania before continuing into Western Europe, according to the outlet.
Representatives for Hutchins did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
The outlet reported that Halyna was born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, in 1979 and spent her childhood on a Soviet naval base. She later kept her Ukrainian citizenship after moving to the US and married Hutchins. The two were married for 16 years and share a 9-year-old son named Andros.
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Halyna died in October 2021 after an on-set incident while working on Alec Baldwin's film, "Rust." Authorities said that Baldwin fatally shot Halyna and injured director Joel Souza when he discharged a prop gun.
Following Halyna's death, Hutchins told Insider's Natalie Musumeci that he was still processing the incident.
"I don't think there are words to communicate the situation," he said. "I am not going to be able to comment about the facts or the process of what we're going through right now, but I appreciate that everyone has been very sympathetic."
In February 2022, Halyna's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin over the shooting. Later that month, Hutchins publicly spoke out for the first time since Halyna's death and said he was "so angry" that Baldwin hadn't taken responsibility.
"The idea that the person holding the gun causing it to discharge is not responsible is absurd to me," he said during his appearance on Today.
