Melania Trump Urges Lasting Peace After Reported Oleshky Ceasefire

Melania Trump hosted Ukrainian and Russian representatives at the White House on Thursday and called for a lasting peace agreement, according to an account that also linked the meeting to a reported humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky. The account said a temporary ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city in Ukraine’s Kherson region enabled about 800 civilians to leave and humanitarian workers to deliver food, medicine and other supplies. It did not cite records or direct witnesses for the evacuation figure or the ceasefire, so those details could not be independently established from the account. Among those reported to have attended the closed-door White House meeting were Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets and Russian human rights ombudsman Yana Lantratova. The account said both had roles in coordinating the humanitarian operation. It also named Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as an attendee. No meeting readout or agreed next steps were described. Melania Trump was reported to have urged participants to build on the Oleshky arrangement and pursue a broader agreement. The account attributed to her the view that cooperation over...