Angelina Jolie visits Kherson as entourage member held at checkpoint

Angelina Jolie visited the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, touring hospitals and underground shelters and meeting medical staff, volunteers and children, officials and images from the trip show. The visit was disrupted when a member of her entourage was detained by local military recruitment officers at a checkpoint and taken for mobilization processing, regional authorities said.

Photos circulated during the visit showed Jolie wearing a bulletproof vest bearing a Legacy of War Foundation patch as she entered a basement shelter and spent time with children in a windowless room. The Legacy of War Foundation, which supported the trip, issued a statement quoting Jolie as saying, "At a time when governments around the world are turning their backs on the protection of civilians, their strength, and their support for each other is humbling." Local officials and images indicate she toured a maternity ward and a children’s hospital that have been relocated underground to protect patients from frequent shelling.

Regional authorities confirmed that the detainment occurred at a military roadblock near Yuzhnoukrainsk while Jolie's convoy was en route to Kherson. The...