Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to a southern Ukrainian frontline city, in her second visit to the country since Russia launched its invasion, Ukrainian media reported on Wednesday.

Jolie, who has previously been a United Nations ambassador for refugees, visited a maternity ward and a children’s hospital in Kherson, a city which was briefly occupied by Moscow in 2022 and still comes under daily Russian bombardment.

A photo published by local official Vitaly Bogdanov showed Jolie, whose hit films include “Maleficent”, “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and the Lara Croft series, wearing a bulletproof vest with Ukrainian insignia.

Neither Jolie nor the Ukrainian government have confirmed the visit to Kherson, which lies on the other side of the Dnieper river from the

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