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Jill Biden to Meet Ukrainian Refugees in Romania, Slovakia

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FILE - In this July 2, 2021, file photo first lady Jill Biden speaks at the National Education Association's annual meeting at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. Biden is going back to her whiteboard. After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes on a computer screen, the first lady resumes teaching in person on Tuesday, Sept. 7 from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has worked since 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

(AP)-The White House has announced that Jill Biden will meet with Ukrainian refugees during a trip to Romania and Slovakia later this week. The first lady will visit both eastern European countries during a five-day trip that starts Thursday.

Romania and Slovakia share borders with Ukraine. Ukraine has spent the past two months fighting off Russia’s military invasion.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says nearly 5.5 million Ukrainians, mostly women and children, have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. Jill Biden will also meet with U.S. service members, U.S. Embassy personnel, humanitarian aid workers and educators.

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