Melania Trump Gives Letters for Putin and Zelensky to Their Envoys at the White House

On November 5, Melania Trump handed personal letters for Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Ukrainian lawmaker Davyd Arakhamia at the White House. The meeting marked a local ceasefire signed on October 23 around Oleshky, in Russia-occupied Kherson region, an initiative the first lady reportedly helped launch by contacting both sides. Ukrainian representatives presented her with the Order of Princess Olga, First Class, while Dmitriev conveyed Putin’s thanks. The humanitarian truce is not a general ceasefire, and talks on ending the war are expected to take place soon in Abu Dhabi.