US First Lady Jill Biden met with displaced families in neighboring Romania’s capital Bucharest on Saturday, praising the “incredible strength” of Ukrainians forced to flee their country due to the Russian occupation.
“You have incredible power,” he said after hearing from President Joe Biden’s wife, mothers and children about the lawsuits they have had to overcome since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
“We are with you and I want you to know that,” said Jill Biden at the meeting at the “Uruguay” school, which hosts about fifty Ukrainian children, accompanied by Romanian First Lady Carmen Iohannis. public television channel.
More than 860,000 Ukrainians have fled to Romania since the start of the Russian offensive. Most went to other countries, but about 80,000 people, more than half of whom were children, remained on Romanian soil, according to charity World Vision.
Jill Biden is on a three-day regional tour to express US support for Ukraine and countries that support Ukrainian resistance to Russian occupation.
Sabah had a brief meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and attended a meeting with members of UN agencies and NGOs dedicated to humanitarian aid to refugees.
On Friday, at the beginning of his journey, Mihail Kogalniceanu visited the US military stationed at the airbase (eastern Romania).
On Saturday night, Jill Biden will travel to Slovakia and meet again with refugees, aid workers and citizens determined to help Ukraine on Mother’s Day in the country on Sunday.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the US government has provided approximately $3.8 billion worth of military aid to Ukraine.
source: Noticias
