Jill Biden Made A Surprise Visit To Ukraine To Meet With Their First Lady

Posted on AllSides May 9th, 2022
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First lady Jill Biden made a surprise visit into Ukraine on Sunday and met with Olena Zelenska, the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelenska had been in hiding since Russia's invasion began in late February.

“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day," Biden told reporters traveling with her after they crossed into the city of Uzhhorod in western Ukraine from neighboring Slovakia. "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...

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