UZHHOROD, Ukraine -- Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the embattled nation as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
Zelenska thanked Biden for her"courageous act" and said,"We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war when military actions are taking place every day, where the air sirens are happening every day -- even today." President Joe Biden said during his visit to Poland in March that he was disappointed he could not visit Ukraine to see conditions"firsthand" but that he was not allowed, likely due to security reasons. The White House said as recently as last week that the president"would love to visit" but there were no plans for him to do so at this time.
Biden's visit follows recent stops in the war-torn country by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress, as well as a joint trip by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. At a bus station in the city that is now a 24-hour refugee processing center, Biden found herself in an extended conversation with a Ukrainian woman who said she struggles to explain the war to her three children because she cannot understand it herself.
Pelosi, Biden, Trudeau, U2… safely touring Ukraine in the last week (and of note, not a single Republican). Please remind me why we need to keep sending them billions of dollars and are they really being ravaged by Russia. Cuz our media says they are and then U2 freely visits 🧐
That’s where the money exchanged hands. Sickening
Lol. Joe cant go but send his wife....
Classy brave and an amazing Real First Lady ❤️
🇺🇦🙏🏼… GEEP PREYING 4 THAYR FREEDUWM… 🙏🏼🇺🇦🇺🇸
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