Jill Biden in Romania hears firsthand stories of Ukrainian mothers and children fleeing the Russian invasion
CNN
At a school here on Saturday, first lady Jill Biden heard stories of heroism and survival from Ukrainian mothers, who fled to Romania with their children following the Russian invasion of their country.
"I crossed the border with my 3-year-old son and everything I was thinking about was how to save my child from a city that was bombed," Anastasia Konovalova, a Ukrainian refugee who is helping teach at the Uruguay School, told Biden. "Thank God the Romanian people were here. I think even the Romanians didn't expect that they could be so wonderful, because you don't expect that from people."
The first lady, who is on a four-day trip to Europe, toured classrooms and also met with students, several of whom were refugees from Ukraine. She listened intently to Konovalova and two other mothers, at times visibly moved by the recounting of their harrowing journeys.
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