On Angelina Jolie’s surprise Ukraine visit, Maksym Kozytskyy’s message

Lviv regional governor told on Telegram, Hollywood star and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday.

Maksym Kozytskyy told, Angelina  Jolie, has been a UNHCR Special Envoy for Refugees since 2011, came to speak with displaced people who have found refuge in Lviv, which includes children undergoing treatment for injuries sustained in the missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in early April.

Attack in the eastern Ukrainian city happened to target a crowd of mostly women and children trying to flee a looming Russian offensive, killing at least 52 and wounding dozens more.

Kozytskyy wrote, “She was very moved by (the children’s) stories,”

“One girl was even able to privately tell Ms. Jolie about a dream she’d had.”

He said Angelina have also visited a boarding school, talk with students and took photos with them,

“she promised she would come again.”

Kozytskyy told, Jolie has 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,”

“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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