This Saturday, 40 April, actress Angelina Jolie drew attention when she appeared in a cafe in Lviv, at western Ukraine, amid ongoing Russian attacks.
Images posted on social media show her waving to spectators and signing autographs for fans.
The details of Jolie’s visit to Ukraine are not known, but a BBC report indicates that she was in the country to meet with children affected by the war and visited hospitals and local organizations that help the wounded and displaced.
Angelina Jolie has always been a great role model for her professional career, where she has appeared in more than 30 films, however, her humanitarian work with refugees is perhaps what has made her stand out the most, proving that she is much more than a talented artist.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the actress has been concerned and did not sit idly by, as she first posted a message through her official Instagram account along with an image of a man and a woman with children in their arms while they wait to cross a river after to escape from Irpin.
“In addition to the millions who have fled across Ukraine’s borders, almost 2 million people are displaced within their country, many trapped by the fighting, with no access to the help to and in direct physical danger”, he pointed out in his publication.
“If the war is not ended, the children they will pay the highest price: in trauma, lost childhoods and shattered lives”
Angelina Jolie
Then, he took his altruistic work further and paid a surprise visit to the Ukrainian children admitted to the Bambino Gesú hospital of Rome.
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has been intensifying every day that passes The Russian invasion began at the end of last February and the bombardment is still going on.
More than a million Ukrainians have fled their homeland to stay safe in the midst of war and seek refuge in neighboring countries.
While many have left the country, there are still a large number of people in Ukraine who are struggling to keep their children safe amid fears of bombings and attacks.