Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine trip, meets children, visits cafe

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, popping into a bakery and going to the railway station to meet some of the people displaced by the war with Russia. Jolie is a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency, which says more than 12.7 million people have fled their homes in the past two months, which represents around 30 percent of Ukraine's pre-war population. During the visit to the station, Jolie met volunteers working with the displaced, who told her that each of the psychiatrists on duty spoke to about 15 people a day. Many of those in the station are children aged from two to 10, according to volunteers.

Angelina Jolie meets children, volunteers in Lviv Oblast on April 30.

Jolie visited injured children evacuated from Donetsk Oblast and orphans. She also met volunteers who provide medical and psychological help to Ukrainian evacuees.

Source: Lviv Oblast Governor Maksym Kozytsky pic.twitter.com/RAp9OIZSIY

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 30, 2022

Lviv regional governor Maksym Kozytskyy said on Telegram that Angelina Jolie 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.

Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie was spotted at a cafe in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 30.

Jolie is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Video: Maya Pidhoretska via Facebook. pic.twitter.com/CBtR4HBMNR

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 30, 2022

Last month, in her role as special envoy, Jolie visited Yemen, where millions of people have been displaced by war.