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Actress Angelina Jolie visited families living on the front lines in Ukraine, where she witnessed firsthand the daily danger Ukrainians face in a region hauntingly dubbed a “human safari zone” — where Russian drones hunt civilians.
The Oscar winner made her second trip to Ukraine during Russia’s invasion last week, stopping by the besieged city of Kherson, where Moscow’s drone pilots regularly target civilians, including infants and seniors.
“The threat of drones was a constant, heavy presence,” Jolie, 50, said in an Instagram post on Sunday.
“You hear a low hum in the sky. There was a moment when we had to pause and wait while a drone flew overhead,” she added.
“I was in protective gear, and for me, it was just a couple of days. The families here live with this every single day.”
Jolie toured the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions with the UK-based Legacy of War Foundation, where she met with civilians as they tried to adapt to living in reinforced basements and safe houses under the threat of Russian drones.
Russia has been regularly attacking Kherson’s civilian population since the summer of 2024, with Ukrainian and human rights groups accusing Moscow of effectively transforming the area into a “human safari zone.”
Nearly 150 civilians were killed in the initial summer assault and hundreds more were injured, according to the United Nations, with the attacks continuing daily.
The Post has previously reported on one attack that killed a 1-year-old boy while he was playing outside and another strike that killed an 84-year-old as she herded goats.
Jolie said she wanted to visit the people in Kherson to highlight the civilian toll of Russia’s invasion and make sure the residents there know that the world is not just silently watching.
“Many people spoke to me about the psychological burden of living under continual threat — and the deeper fear of being forgotten by the world,” Jolie said.
“The people of Mykolaiv and Kherson live with danger every day, but they refuse to give in. 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,” she added in a statement following the trip.
Jolie’s last trip to Ukraine was in April 2022 as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, where she visited a children’s hospital and spoke with evacuees near the start of Russia’s invasion.
