The Tomb Raider actress flew into town of Lviv this weekend to fulfill with individuals who have been displaced ever since Russian forces launched their assault on the nation in February.
Throughout her go to to the refuge on Saturday, an air-raid siren was signalled on the station amid fears of an assault and Jolie, 46, was seen being whisked away by her aides and shortly bundled right into a ready automotive, presumably headed to a bunker.
Whereas being filmed in the course of the incident, Jolie remained calm and waved on the digicam earlier than insisting: ‘I’m okay.’
The actress is a particular envoy for the United Nations refugee company, and met volunteers working with the displaced, who shared the realities of their ordeal with the actress.
In keeping with Reuters, they revealed that every of the psychiatrists on obligation spoke to about 15 individuals a day, and that lots of these within the station are kids aged between two and 10.
Lviv’s regional governor Maksym Kozytsky mentioned Jolie spoke to kids present process therapy for accidents sustained within the missile strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in April.
In a social media publish, Kozytsky wrote: ‘She was very moved by (the youngsters´s) tales. One woman was even in a position to privately inform Ms Jolie a couple of dream she’d had.’
He added that Jolie additionally visited a boarding faculty the place she met with college students and took pictures with them, and ‘promised she would come once more’.
Lviv is in Western Ukraine, round 80 kilometres from the Polish border, and has confronted shelling in latest weeks.
Jolie first spoke out in assist of Ukraine firstly of the Russian invasion, to say that she was praying for the individuals affected by the devastating bombing.
She wrote on the time: ‘Like lots of you, I’m praying for the individuals in Ukraine. My focus together with my @refugees colleagues is that every part attainable is finished to make sure the safety and primary human rights of these displaced, and refugees within the area.
‘We have now already seen reviews of casualties and folks beginning to flee their houses to hunt security.
‘It's too quickly to know what's going to occur, however the significance of this second – for the individuals of Ukraine, and for the worldwide rule of legislation – can't be overstated.’
Angelina isn't any stranger to visiting battle zones on a humanitarian mission, with the UN Particular Envoy having visited Yemen in March.
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