Angelina Jolie Seen Grabbing Coffee in Cafés, Sheltering During Air Raids in Attacked Ukrainian City

Hollywood luminary Angelina Jolie was seen visiting a cafe in the Ukrainian city of Lviv Saturday, despite the fact that the city has been struck by Russian missiles in recent weeks that killed at least seven people. She appeared relaxed in casual wear and took time to sign autographs. Lviv local Maya Pidhoretska recorded the outing, which she posted to Facebook, commenting, “Nothing special. Just Lviv. I just went to have coffee. Just Angelina Jolie... Ukraine is simply supported by the whole world.” But footage later emerged that captures the full reality of Jolie’s visit to the besieged country: in a shaky video, Jolie and her associates are seen rushing to safety as air raid sirens pierce the air. She appears concerned but assures the camera she’s fine. The Kyiv Independent reports that Jolie, a special envoy to the United Nations on refugees, has been visiting volunteers and evacuated children; the mother of six has a long reputation of supporting humanitarian crises. The Independent reports that the mother of six visited Yemen in March and war-torn Mosul in 2011. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Jolie addressed the unfolding crisis on social media: “Like many of you, I’m praying for the people in Ukraine. My focus along with my @refugees colleagues is that everything possible is done to ensure the protection and basic human rights of those displaced, and refugees in the region.”