First Lady Melania Trump Hosts Russia and Ukraine at White House for Oleshky Ceasefire
The White House event highlighted a humanitarian pause in the conflict, with both sides praising the deal and a symbolic gift presented to the First Lady.
The First Lady welcomed delegations from Russia and Ukraine to the White House to showcase a humanitarian ceasefire she helped broker in Oleshky, while Russian and Ukrainian envoys praised the deal at the rare gathering.
Melania Trump said Russia and Ukraine have chosen "humanity over war" and called the Oleshky ceasefire "a spark in a world of darkness" and a "spark" for "more enduring" peace between the two nations.
Kirill Dimitrov, an envoy to Russian President Vladimir Putin, delivered a gift to Melania Trump on Thursday to thank her for brokering the ceasefire in Oleshky, a Ukrainian village first occupied by Russia during the full‑scale invasion in 2022.
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Melania Trump on Oleshky ceasefire: Russia and Ukraine have chosen 'humanity over war'
First lady Melania Trump hosted delegations from Russia and Ukraine to highlight the humanitarian ceasefire she helped broker in Oleshky. She praised the countries for choosing "humanity over war" by following through with the agreement.
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Putin envoy thanks Melania Trump for brokering ceasefire – video
Kirill Dimitrov, envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin, delivered a gift to Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday to thank her for brokering a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russian forces in Oleshky, Ukraine. Russia first occupied the village during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Continue reading...
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Melania Trump: Oleshky ceasefire is a ‘spark’ for 'more enduring' peace between Ukraine, Russia
Melania Trump called the Oleshky ceasefire "a spark in a world of darkness" as Russian and Ukrainian envoys praised the deal at a rare White House event.
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- First lady Melania Trump hosted delegations from Russia and Ukraine at the White House to highlight a humanitarian ceasefire she helped broker in Oleshky.
- Melania Trump said Russia and Ukraine have chosen "humanity over war" by following through with the agreement.
- Kirill Dimitrov, envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin, delivered a gift to Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday to thank her for brokering the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russian forces in Oleshky, Ukraine.
- Melania Trump called the Oleshky ceasefire "a spark in a world of darkness."
- Melania Trump called the Oleshky ceasefire a "spark" for "more enduring" peace between Ukraine and Russia.
- Russian and Ukrainian envoys praised the deal at a rare White House event.
- The gift from Kirill Dimitrov to Melania Trump was delivered on Thursday.
- Oleshky is in Ukraine.
- Russia first occupied the village of Oleshky during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- Kirill Dimitrov is an envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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