Angelina Jolie makes a surprise trip to Ukraine; she meets children, visits cafe



Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is visiting the country as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was seen meeting children and visiting a cafe in Lviv.

Jolie, who has spent nearly two decades working with UNHCR, met with Ukrainian volunteer doctors and visited orphans and injured children evacuated from the country’s Donetsk region.



“Jolie visited injured children evacuated from Donetsk Oblast and orphans. She also met volunteers who provide medical and psychological help to Ukrainian evacuees,” the Kyiv Independent reported in a tweet.

The actress was also filmed by locals inside a cafe in Lviv. She was seen greeting the person filming her and smiling at the people present at the cafe. She also signed some photographs, CNN reported.

Recently, Jolie had expressed her concern and support for Ukraine when she visited a hospital in Rome that had received dozens of refugee children.

As part of her work with UNHCR, the actress has visited several conflict zones to help provide humanitarian assistance.

In March this year, in the midst of the civil war in Yemen, Jolie visited the country in the Middle East to provide aid to refugees there.

The war in Ukraine, which has entered its third month, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with more than 5 million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring Western countries, according to UNHCR data.

The war has also resulted in nearly 3,000 civilian casualties as of April 28. Casualty figures include up to 70 children, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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