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‘This has to end:’ Jill Biden sees Ukraine moms’ heartbreak

First Lady Jill Biden, left, and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis smile during their visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First Lady Jill Biden, left, and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis sit in a classroom during their visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First Lady Jill Biden, left, speaks to children during her visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First lady Jill Biden pauses as she places flowers at memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, May 7, 2022, that is dedicated to the 26-year-old investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, who were assassinated in their home in 2018. Kuciak had been investigating possible government corruption when he was killed. The killings prompted major street protests unseen since the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and a political crisis that led to the government's collapse. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First Lady Jill Biden, right, and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis walks int a classroom during their visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First lady Jill Biden pauses as she places flowers at memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, May 7, 2022, that is dedicated to the 26-year-old investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, who were assassinated in their home in 2018. Kuciak had been investigating possible government corruption when he was killed. The killings prompted major street protests unseen since the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and a political crisis that led to the government's collapse. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden places flowers at a memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, May 7, 2022, that is dedicated to the 26-year-old investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, who were assassinated in their home in 2018. Kuciak had been investigating possible government corruption when he was killed. The killings prompted major street protests unseen since the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and a political crisis that led to the government's collapse. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First Lady Jill Biden, left, and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis greet children during their visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First lady Jill Biden, right, and Svitlana Gollyak, second from left, a mother who had to leave her home in Ukraine, listens as teacher Anastasia Konolovalova, left, talks during a visit to the Școala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden, right, gives flowers to teacher Anastasia Konolovalova, left, and Svitlana Gollyak, a mother who had to leave her home in Ukraine, during a visit to the Școala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden, right, talks with Svitlana Gollyak, a mother who had to leave her home in Ukraine, during her visit to the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden, left, and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis, center, arrive for a visit at the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Romanian Education Minister Sorin Campeanu is at right. They visited several classrooms to see students and meet the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First Lady Jill Biden, left, hugs a woman during her visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Octav Ganea/Pool via AP) First Lady Jill Biden hugs a woman during her visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First Lady Jill Biden, center left, poses for a photograph with a woman during her visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Cristian Nistor/Pool via AP) First lady Jill Biden, left, and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis wave during their visit to the Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. The first ladies of the United States and Romania met with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (Octav Ganea, Inquam Photos via AP, Pool) First lady Jill Biden talks with students and teachers during a visit to the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit a classroom at the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit a classroom at the Scoala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)