KIEV (Sputnik) — Last week, media reported that Bloom had arrived in southeastern Ukraine and met with children affected by the conflict in the region. UNICEF did not provide any official comments on Bloom's visit due to security concerns.
"UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to conflict-hit eastern Ukraine to raise awareness of the global education crisis facing children in humanitarian emergencies. Bloom visited classrooms hit by shells just three kilometres [some 1.86 miles] from the frontline of the conflict that broke out more than two years ago," the press release reads.
The conflicting sides reached a ceasefire agreement last February. The truce is generally holding, according to international observers, yet the sides continue to accuse each other of sporadic ceasefire breaches. The confrontation has claimed over 9,000 lives, according to UN estimates.
