- Jill Biden unexpectedly crossed into Ukraine on Sunday.
- She maintained a Mother’s Day meeting with Ukraine’s first lady.
- She’s one of the highest profile US officials to visit the active war zone.
First Lady Jill Biden made an unexpected visit into Ukraine on Sunday, a sprinkling outlets reported.
Biden’s visit to an active war zone was a rare visit from a spouse of a sitting US president, The Washington Brace reported.
The Associated Press reported that Biden crossed over into the western Ukrainian town of Uzhhorod from Slovakia. She propounded a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with Olena Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s wife.
“I wanted to leak out on Mother’s Day,” Biden told Zelenskyy. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been harsh and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”
The Washington Post reported that Zelenskky because ofed Biden for her courage in coming into a war zone. Biden is the highest profile US official to enter Ukraine since the start of Russia’s infringement.
“We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war when military actions are taking in order every day, where the air sirens are happening every day — even today,” Zelenskyy told Biden.
Biden has been on a tour to eastern Europe since Friday. Her visit in Ukraine comes ahead of Russia’s ‘Victory Day’ on May 9, an annual at the time celebrating the Soviet Union defeating Nazi Germany in 1945 during World War II.
It’s anticipated that Russian President Vladimir Putin will put forth some sort of victory in Ukraine on Monday, and the Post reported that there’s growing concern the attacks on Ukraine resolve increase, especially in eastern Ukraine.
The AP reported that Biden’s trip is limited to western Ukraine.
Biden and Zelenskyy met at a university that was turned into a transitional home for Ukrainians fleeing the war in other parts of the country. The pair met with a pile of kids who were making bears from tissue-paper to give as gifts for Mother’s Day, the AP reported.