US First Woman Jill Biden hailed the “amazingly sturdy” refugees from war-torn Ukraine as she visited neighboring Romania on Saturday. “You might be amazingly sturdy,” Biden mentioned after listening to moms and kids recount how they fled Russia’s invasion of their nation.
“We stand with you, I hope you understand that,” she mentioned in a go to to a college in Bucharest, accompanied by her Romanian counterpart Carmen Iohannis, based on photos transmitted by TVR public tv.
Greater than 810,000 Ukrainians have entered Romania for the reason that begin of the battle, based on UN figures launched on April 29.
Most have moved on to different international locations, with an estimated 80,000 staying, half of them youngsters, based on the World Imaginative and prescient basis.
Biden’s go to to the area is the newest present of US help for Ukraine and the international locations aiding it, and follows a visit to Kyiv by US Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who met with President Volodymyr Zelensky per week in the past.
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On Friday Biden met with US service members in Romania and on Sunday, she is ready to journey to Slovakia, the place she is going to meet with refugees, help employees and native residents within the metropolis of Kosice and the village of Vysne Nemecke.
She can even journey to the Slovak capital Bratislava to fulfill with US embassy employees and authorities officers.
Practically 5.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion on February 24, based on the UN.
Greater than 360,000 of them have crossed the border into Slovakia, based on UN figures.
US President Joe Biden has proposed an enormous $33 billion package deal for arming and supporting Ukraine.
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