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Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine trip

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Agence France-Presse

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">While in Lviv, Angelina Jolie also visited a hospital and a boarding school.<br/><br/>Photo - Lviv Regional State Administration <a href="https://t.co/lE7Uyw1P3d">pic.twitter.com/lE7Uyw1P3d</a></p>— UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) <a href="https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1520449353223127040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2022</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>KYIV, Ukraine - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday made a surprise appearance in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv where she met displaced people and was spotted in a cafe.</p><p>Jolie is a UNHCR special envoy but it was not known if she was visiting the country in that capacity.</p><p>&quot;For all of us, this visit has been a surprise,&quot; said Lviv regional governor Maxim Kozytski on Telegram, posting photos and videos of the actress playing with children and posing with voluntary workers.</p><p>At a hospital, she visited children injured in the bombardment of the Kramatorsk station, blamed on a Russian missile, in which more than 50 civilians trying to escape the under-fire east were killed, according to the governor.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/inukraine.official/videos/487493329793493" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Jolie also spoke to volunteers giving psychological help to many of the displaced and some of those who had fled.</p><p>Over 7.7 million people have been internally displaced since the Russian invasion on February 24. A further 5.4 million have left the country.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/30/22/kharkiv-shelled-as-us-slams-putins-depravity">Kharkiv shelled as US slams Putin&#x27;s &#x27;depravity&#x27;</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/04/30/22/ukrainian-villagers-freed-from-russian-occupation">Ukrainian villagers freed from Russian occupation</a></li></ul><p>Later the dressed-down star was spotted in a Lviv cafe by Maya Pidhoretska who posted a video on Facebook.</p><p>&quot;I am having a coffee and I see Angelina Jolie in Lviv,&quot; reported the surprised Lviv resident.</p><div><strong>bur-neo/har/jxb</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2013123" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday made a surprise appearance in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv where she met displaced people and was spotted in a cafe.