After welcoming displaced Ukrainians arriving on an evacuation train from a a city in Donetsk Oblast into Lviv, Jolie spent time visiting children and with volunteers at a medical facility, Lviv’s regional governor, Maksym Kozytskyi, wrote on Telegram.
Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams, a spokeswoman for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees , told The Washington Post in an email that Jolie was not in Lviv on business for the organization.
Representatives of Jolie did not immediately respond to requests for comment Saturday. A spokesperson for the actress told
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