Zelenskyy thanks Melania Trump for Oleshky mission, hopes for more ceasefires
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked U.S. first lady Melania Trump for helping coordinate a humanitarian operation in Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast and expressed hope that she could help secure additional local ceasefires in Ukraine.
Le Monde reports that Russian and Ukrainian intelligence agencies, not U.S. first lady Melania Trump as previously claimed, negotiated the humanitarian mission to evacuate civilians from Oleshky, a city in the conflict-ridden Kherson region of Ukraine. The operation, which involved the evacuation of around 700 people, was carried out under the White House's auspices.
While Melania Trump expressed concern for the city's residents, Ukraine's source suggests that her role may have been more symbolic, as Kyiv and Moscow likely wanted to garner Trump's favor.
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