LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian
Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on
Saturday, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram.
According to Maksym Kozytskyy, Jolie — who has been a UNHCR
Special Envoy for Refugees since 2011 — had come to speak with displaced people
who have found refuge in Lviv, including children undergoing treatment for
injuries sustained in the missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in
early April.
The attack in the eastern Ukrainian city appeared to
deliberately target a crowd of mostly women and children trying to flee a
looming Russian offensive, killing at least 52 and wounding dozens more.
“She was very moved by (the children’s) stories,” Kozytskyy
wrote. “One girl was even able to privately tell Ms. Jolie about a dream she’d
had.”
He said Jolie also visited a boarding school, talk with
students and took photos with them, adding “she promised she would come again.”
According to Kozytskyy, Jolie also met with evacuees
arriving at Lviv’s central railway station, as well as with Ukrainian
volunteers providing the new arrivals with medical help and counseling,
“The visit was a surprise to us all,” he wrote. “Plenty of
people who saw Ms. Jolie in the Lviv region could not believe that it was
really her. But since Feb. 24, Ukraine has shown the entire world that there
are plenty of incredible things here.”
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Ukraine war:Angelina Jolie plays with child in Ukraine
ANGELINA JOLIE IN UKRAINE.
People around the world love Angelina Jolie of course and her father, Jon Voight!
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