Hollywood actress and UN humanist Angelina Jolie paid a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, the Lviv governor told the Telegram. According to Maksym Kozytskyy, Jolie – who has been UNHCR Special Envoy since 2011 – had come to speak to IDPs who had taken refuge in Lviv, including children being treated for injuries sustained. suffered during the rocket attack on the Kramatorsk railway station in early April. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kabul, killing at least 52 people and wounding dozens more, mostly women and children. “She was very moved by the (children’s) stories,” Kozytskyy wrote. “A girl was even able to tell Mrs. Jolie in person a dream she had.” He said Jolie also visited a boarding school, talked to students and took pictures with them, adding that she “promised to come again”. According to Kozytskyy, Jolie also met with people displaced at Lviv Central Station, as well as Ukrainian volunteers who provided medical assistance and advice to the newcomers. “The visit was a surprise for all of us,” he wrote. “Many people who saw Ms. Jolie in the Lviv area could not believe that she really was her. But since February 24, Ukraine has shown the world that there are many incredible things here.”
