First lady Jill Biden makes surprise visit to war-torn Ukraine

The two first ladies met in a school where they joined children in making Mother's Day gifts and spoke privately.

First lady Jill Biden meets with Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at School 6, a public school that has taken in displaced students in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, join a group of children at School 6 in making tissue-paper bears to give as Mother's Day gifts in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First Lady Jill Biden, left, greets Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, outside School 6, a public school that has taken in displaced students in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First Lady Jill Biden, second left, and Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, visit School 6, a public school that has taken in displaced students in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First Lady Jill Biden, second left, and Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, join a group of children at School 6 in making tissue-paper bears to give as Mother's Day gifts in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

"I wanted to come on Mother’s Day," the U.S. first lady told Zelenska. "I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been brutal and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine."