Reuters reports:
U.S. first lady Jill Biden met Ukrainian refugees in eastern Slovakia on Sunday, the last full day of her tour of Romania and Slovakia to visit U.S. servicemen deployed there and women and children who fled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Biden spoke to families, volunteers and local authority workers at a refugee centre in the eastern Slovak city of Kosice, one of the main transit points for over 400,000 Ukrainian refugees who have crossed the border to Slovakia.
“When the war started we understood that nowhere in Ukraine is safe,” Viktoria Kutocha, a teacher who fled the western city of Uzhhorod with her 7-year old daughter, told Biden.
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Jill Biden meets Ukraine refugees, volunteers in Slovakia https://t.co/EP6MKATkNn pic.twitter.com/7IMbf8B5GS
— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) May 8, 2022
“It’s so hard to understand.” First lady Jill Biden, on a visit to Slovakia for Mother’s Day, found herself in an extended conversation with an emotional Ukrainian woman who said she struggles to explain the war to her three children. https://t.co/ekIZz4tKz3
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 8, 2022
In Košice, Slovakia, the local bus station has transformed into a 24 hour aid center.
Here, humanitarian workers welcome Ukrainians after they cross the border, providing warm food and clothing, plus medical aid and counseling. pic.twitter.com/TA9P7cIC4j
— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) May 8, 2022
.@FLOTUS hugs two refugees from Ukraine at a processing center in Kosice, Slovakia pic.twitter.com/W8oopbinKW
— Tyler Pager (@tylerpager) May 8, 2022
Pleased to welcome @FLOTUS ?? to #Slovakia ??. Her visit reflects excellent bilateral ties, appreciation of assistance we provide to #Ukraine ?? & war refugees, and value of our Transatlantic Alliance in hard times. pic.twitter.com/3whHvMzCGA
— Ivan Korcok (@IvanKorcok) May 7, 2022