Melania Trump calls for peace at meeting with Russia, Ukraine officials
Summary
Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House on November 5 and urged both countries to build on a six-day local ceasefire and pursue lasting peace. The truce enabled aid deliveries and the evacuation of nearly 800 people from Oleshky, but it expired without an extension; new U.S.-brokered talks are expected in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11.Key Facts
- Attendees included Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev and human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova, as well as Ukrainian lawmaker David Arakhamia and human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets.
- Melania Trump said written agreements from Russia and Ukraine made her an intermediary and that she took part in planning the truce.
- The truce covered Russian-occupied Oleshky and nearby areas in Ukraine’s Kherson region.
- The six-day truce allowed aid deliveries and the evacuation of nearly 800 people; an estimated 2,000 civilians remained in Oleshky.
- The White House said Melania Trump mediated the truce, while Pope Leo XIV also urged the sides to permit aid and evacuations.
- The truce expired the Sunday before the White House meeting and was not extended.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Komyshuvakha killed at least 40 people the day after the truce expired.
- Russia-Ukraine talks brokered by the United States are expected in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11.
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