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Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to Ukraine

Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to Ukraine

The governor of Lviv said she'd come to speak with refugees, including children injured in the missile strike in the city.
02 May, 2022

Hollywood actor and United Nations (UN) 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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (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, talked 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 counselling,

“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.”

Comments

M. Emad May 02, 2022 10:26am
How many times did she step foot into IOK, Syria, Iraq, Libya, etc?
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Soniye Tu Auder Te La May 02, 2022 11:41am
There is something not right about her. Everything she does looks calculated and themed.
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NYS May 02, 2022 11:50am
Being special envoy UNHCR she also went to Afghan refugees
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Tadka May 02, 2022 12:58pm
What would her presence bring? Instead that money cud have been given
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad May 02, 2022 01:04pm
What other options has she got at this crucial, critical, caviling, carping and compelling juncture in time and history?
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad May 02, 2022 02:10pm
Tusks of the white elephant are different for showing and different for eating.
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Danish Amjad May 02, 2022 02:45pm
@M. Emad she went to Pakistan after earthquake, and few times to the countries you mention
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Heathen May 02, 2022 02:50pm
It is Time to attract attention that she’s been desperately lacking for a few months .....
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Wisdom May 02, 2022 06:28pm
@M. Emad “How many times did she step foot into IOK, Syria, Iraq, Libya, etc?” You forgot to mention Baluchistan?
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Viq saad May 02, 2022 10:09pm
When is she visiting Palestine?
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Nawaz May 02, 2022 10:52pm
Kashmir?
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Changez Khan May 03, 2022 03:32am
She is always looking for camera spotlight.
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Javed May 03, 2022 05:45am
She is Brave lady!!
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