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U.S. First Lady Jill Biden makes surprise trip to Ukraine for Mother’s Day

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May 9, 2022

U.S. First Lady Jill Biden has made a surprise trip to Ukraine for Mother’s Day, meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart, Olena Zelensky

Jill’s visit was keep under a cloak of secrecy, and she is the latest in a string of high-ranking America diplomats to visit the war-torn nation.

On this Mother’s Day, my heart is with you, First Lady Olena Zelenska, and all of the brave and resilient mothers of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tCMXCXhgiY
— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) May 8, 2022

Her husband, President Joe Biden has not visited the country despite expressing a desire to so.

NEWS: surprise visit by @FLOTUS to Ukraine and a surprise appearance by Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, who has been in hiding since the start of the Russian invasion pic.twitter.com/wrHAyEb57x
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) May 8, 2022

Jill says she “wanted to come on Mother’s Day”, telling Olena Zelensky she 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.”

Uzhhorod, Ukraine — Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to meet with Olena Zelenska, the wife of the Ukrainian president, at a school near the Slovakian border. Zelenska has been in hiding with the couple’s children.https://t.co/oesYaR8trI pic.twitter.com/6dZmDrXMyS
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) May 8, 2022

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