Hollywood movie star Angelina Jolie visited Lviv on Saturday. She talked to children affected by the war and met with IDP migrants at the train station.

The press service of the BBC actress reported that Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), came to Ukraine to understand the needs of children affected.

“Angelina Jolie is visiting Ukraine to meet with children affected by the conflict and local organizations working to protect them. Her visit is a private humanitarian mission focused on the needs of children.”

The actress visited the hospital, which treats children affected by shelling and explosions, the center for children and youth with disabilities, talked to the families of evacuees and volunteers.

“In one of the medical institutions, she came to the children who suffered from a missile strike by the Russian military on the station in Kramatorsk. She was moved by their stories,” said the head of the Lviv regional administration Maxim Kozytsky.

The movie star’s visit caused a stir in Lviv. She was noticed in an ordinary coffee shop, video footage of which quickly became a meme on social networks.

First, a photo and video from a Lviv coffee shop visited by the actress appeared on social networks.

“Nothing special. Just Lviv. Just went to drink coffee. Just Angelina Jolie. Just supports the world,” wrote on Facebook journalist Maya Pidhorodetska, who met the actress there and posted a video.

The video from the video she published quickly became a meme on social networks – a guy busy with his mobile phone did not even notice that a famous film actress entered the cafe.

Ukrzaliznytsia later reported that Jolie met with evacuees from Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region at Lviv railway station and published a photo of the movie star’s communication with Ukrainians.

“Angelina Jolie arrived in Ukraine with a humanitarian mission and visited the Lviv railway station, where she met the passengers of the evacuation train from Pokrovsk,” Ukrzaliznytsia said.

Serhiy Leshchenko, a member of Ukrzaliznytsia’s supervisory board, called the visit unique.

“Jolie communicates with ordinary people on the streets of Lviv. As a person who was directly involved in her visit to Ukraine, I can call this trip unique,” he wrote in a telegram.

Maksym Kozytskyi posted photos and videos of Jolie’s communication with children and volunteers on Facebook .

“This visit came as a surprise to all of us. Many people who saw Ms. Jolie in the Lviv region could not believe that it was really her. But on February 24, Ukraine showed the world that we have a lot of incredible things,” Kozytsky said.

Jolie herself stated that she was impressed by the courage of Ukrainians.

“I have witnessed the resilience, courage and dignity of the Ukrainian people in the face of the terror and trauma of the war they did not choose. The impact of war on generations of Ukrainian children is devastating. No child should leave their homes, witness the killing of loved ones, destruction of houses “.

The press service of the BBC actress explained that Angelina Jolie is on the spot finding out how Ukrainian children were affected by the war.

“The purpose of Angelina’s visit is to witness the impact of the conflict on people and to support the civilian population. She met with orphans and displaced persons, including children evacuated from Mariupol, and Ukrainian volunteers and carers, as well as local NGOs. engaged in the protection of the population “.

The film star calls for the urgent opening of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians in Ukraine, the delivery of humanitarian aid to all those who need it, and an end to attacks on civilians.

Jolie believes that the moment of sympathy and solidarity with Ukrainians should be used to solve the problem of refugees around the world – Ukraine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, South Sudan and prevent conflicts that provoke their emergence.

“So far, more than 84 million people have been displaced worldwide, more than half of them children, who must not be forgotten. The support of the Ukrainian people around the world is an opportunity to reaffirm the right to security and equality of all people. of the United Nations, “said the film actress.

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