First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced Mother’s Day visit to Ukraine on Sunday to see Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The first ladies embraced as Biden, who crossed the border from Slovakia, presented Zelenska with flowers before a meeting inside a school that is being used as temporary housing for displaced Ukrainians.“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden said, according to the press pool. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop, and this war has been brutal, and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.
The moment First Ladies Jill Biden 🇺🇸 and Olena Zelenska 🇺🇦met today in Uzhhorod, Ukraine pic.twitter.com/9UsdBBA6Eh“We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war when the military actions are taking place every day, where the air sirens are happening every day even today,” Zelenska said.
First Ladies @FLOTUS Jill Biden 🇺🇸 and Olena Zelenska 🇺🇦 in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine pic.twitter.com/48K3hgkEkDBiden joins other first ladies who have visited combat zones. For instance, in 2005 and 2008, Laura Bush visited Afghan women and children in Kabul.Jill Biden, Ukraine in 2022Hillary Clinton, Bosnia in 1996Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday.
The visits come the day before “Victory Day,” an annual holiday when Russia celebrates its role in defeating Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin could use the occasion to announce a ramped-up war effort. Meanwhile Russian officials said they do not expect to hold a major event in bombed-out Mariupol.
Biden is one of the highest-profile visitors from the United States to visit the war-torn area, and the trip marks her latest effort to prop up her husband in the months leading up to the midterm elections. President Joe Biden has yet to visit during the months-old conflict, but members of his Cabinet have made the trip.“We all feel your support and we all feel the leadership of the U.S.
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