(Archyde.com)
US First Lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Sunday to show support for its people amid the Russian invasion, visiting a school used as a temporary shelter and meeting Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska.
“I thought it important to show the Ukrainian people that this war must stop, that this war is brutal, and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine,” Biden said, according to a report published by the Washington Post correspondent with other media organizations.
The report said that the school houses 163 Ukrainian refugees, including 47 children. The US first lady, who was on a visit to neighboring Slovakia, presented flowers to Zelenska, who appeared in public for the first time since the war began on February 24, according to a US official.
US President Joe Biden has not been to Ukraine since the war, but Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have all visited Ukraine in the past two weeks. Jill Biden returned to Slovakia following her cross-border trip.
