LVIV, Ukraine –
Hollywood actress and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie paid a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, Lviv’s regional governor told Telegram.
According to Maxim Kozitsky, Jolie – UNHCR’s special envoy for refugees since 2011 – has come to speak to displaced people who have taken refuge in Lviv, including children undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in a rocket attack on a railway line. at Kramatorsk railway station in early April.
The attack in the eastern Ukrainian city appears to be deliberately aimed at a mob of mostly women and children trying to escape an impending Russian offensive, killing at least 52 and wounding dozens more.
“She was very excited about the (children’s) stories,” Kozicki wrote. “One girl even managed to tell Mrs. Jolie in private about a dream she had.”
He said Jolie also visited a boarding school, talked to students and took pictures with them, adding that “she promised to come again.”
According to Kozitsky, Jolie also met with evacuees arriving at Lviv’s central railway station, as well as with Ukrainian volunteers providing medical care and advice to newcomers.
“The visit was a surprise to all of us,” he wrote. “Many people who saw Ms. Jolie in the Lviv region could not believe that it was really her. But since February 24, Ukraine has shown the world that there are many amazing things here.
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