On #MothersDay, U.S. First Lady Jill Biden met mothers from #Ukraine in Slovakia, assuring them that the “hearts of the American people” are behind them. apnews.com/article/russia…
“I cannot explain because I don’t know myself and I’m a teacher,” Viktoriia Kutocha, who had her arms around her 7-year-old daughter, Yulia, told Biden.
At one point, Kutocha asked “why?” seeming to seek an explanation for Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24.
’It’s so hard to understand,” the first lady replied.
’It’s so hard to understand,” the first lady replied.
"Biden, wearing a flower corsage on her wrist — a Mother’s Day gift from President Joe Biden — also dropped in at a Slovakian public school that has taken in displaced students."
"Biden went from table to table meeting the mothers and kids. She told some of the women that she wanted to come “and say the hearts of the American people are with the mothers of Ukraine.”
“I just wanted to come and show you our support,” she said before departing for the border village of Vysne Nemecke to tour its border processing facility.
"Biden is on a four-day visit to Eastern Europe to highlight U.S. support for Ukrainian refugees and for the allied countries, like Romania and Slovakia, that are providing a safe haven for them."
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