Angelina Jolie Surprises People At A Cafe In Ukraine, Meets Volunteers & Shares Lunch With Refugees
¡°She was very moved by [the children¡¯s] stories,¡± Kozytskiy wrote. ¡°One girl was even able to privately tell Ms Jolie about a dream she¡¯d had.¡±
Hollywood actor and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram.
Video now viral
She popped into a bakery and also visited the railway station to meet some of the people displaced by the war with Russia.
A video that has gone viral online shows her signing autographs and greeting people at the coffee shop in Lviv. Jolie, 46, is a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, but it is not clear if she is visiting the country in an official capacity.
?? Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie was spotted at a cafe in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 30.
¡ª The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 30, 2022
Jolie is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Video: Maya Pidhoretska via Facebook. pic.twitter.com/CBtR4HBMNR
Lviv governor Kozytski shared news on Telegram
¡°For all of us, this visit has been a surprise," said Lviv regional governor Maxim Kozytski on Telegram. ¡°She was very moved by [the children¡¯s] stories,¡± Kozytskiy 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, talked to students and took photos with them, adding ¡°she promised she would come again¡±.
Thank you Angelina Jolie for coming to Ukraine and visiting some of the incredible WCK chefs who cook every single day! We cannot forget the people of Ukraine¡ The world must keep doing everything we can to help! Hope you enjoyed the bograch soup! #ChefsForUkraine ?? pic.twitter.com/5eWOq5ALKk
¡ª Jos¨¦ Andr¨¦s (@chefjoseandres) April 30, 2022
Angelina's conversation with volunteers
According to Kozytskiy, Jolie also met Ukrainian volunteers providing the new arrivals with medical help and counselling at Lviv¡¯s central railway station. They told her that each of the psychiatrists on duty spoke to about 15 people a day. Many of those in the station are children aged from two to 10, according to volunteers.
"They must be in shock ... I know how trauma affects children, I know just having somebody show how much they matter, how much their voices matter, I know how healing that is for them," she said in reply.
U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv to meet people displaced by the war with Russia https://t.co/madvRht6f9 pic.twitter.com/8vOX8DemD2
¡ª Reuters (@Reuters) May 1, 2022
Since being shared just 20 hours ago, the video has racked up more than 1.3 million views on Facebook, along with hundreds of comments.
Last month, in her role as special envoy, Jolie visited Yemen, where millions of people have been displaced by war.
Current situation
Meanwhile, Russia has carried out missile attacks across southern and eastern Ukraine, including one that destroyed the runway at Odesa airport. A group of 20 civilians have left the Azovstal steelworks, where the last Ukrainian troops are holed up in Mariupol, according to the Azov Regiment.
A Russian reconnaissance plane briefly violated Sweden¡¯s airspace, Swedish defence officials said.
A Russian official told state media that the risks of nuclear war should be kept to a minimum amid the conflict in Ukraine.
AFP
Also, fourteen Ukrainians including a pregnant soldier have been freed in the latest prisoner exchange with Russian forces, Ukraine says, without revealing the number of Russians returned to Moscow.
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