First lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Europe this week to meet with U.S. service members, diplomats and displaced Ukrainian parents and children, her office announced tonight
Romania has taken in the second-largest number of refugees from Ukraine after Poland, while Slovakia has received the sixth-largest amount.Biden will depart the U.S. on Thursday and arrive in Romania the following day, her office said. She will first meet with U.S. service members at Mihail Kogalniceau Air Base, an American military installation near the Black Sea.
On Saturday, community college professor Biden will meet with Romanian government members, U.S. embassy staff, aid workers and "educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children and incorporate them into a stable and safe school environment," her office said.