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  "id": 18380722,
  "title": "Melania Trump seeks lasting Ukraine ceasefire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/melania-trump-seeks-lasting-ukraine-ceasefire-18380722",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T22:00:51.000Z",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/melania-trump-seeks-lasting-ukraine-ceasefire/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "U.S. First Lady Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House on Thursday to call for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine. The meeting aimed to build upon a recent six-day truce in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky. According to Yonhap News, the Oleshky ceasefire began on October 27 and followed a written agreement reached on October 23 after the First Lady began working with officials through her representative, Marc Beckman, in September.\n\nDuring the meeting, Melania Trump stated that the goal is to create something more enduring than a temporary ceasefire by finding common ground through a shared concern for the suffering of innocent people. Free Malaysia Today reports that she dispatched personal letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky via their envoys.\n\nYonhap News noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, attended the event and stated that Putin had issued personal instructions to ensure the ceasefire's implementation. Senior Ukrainian lawmaker David Arakhamia was also in attendance and praised the initiative.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Melania Trump calls for lasting peace after brokering local Russia-Ukraine ceasefire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/melania-trump-calls-for-lasting-peace-after-brokering-local-russia",
        "published": "2026-11-05T21:23:19.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Melania Trump calls for ‘more enduring’ Ukraine ceasefire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/melania-trump-calls-for-more-enduring-ukraine-ceasefire",
        "published": "2026-11-05T21:34:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "WATCH: First lady Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials. Trump met with Putin's envoy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/watch-first-lady-melania-trump-hosted-russian-and-ukrainian-officials",
        "published": "2026-11-05T22:04:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump adviser calls for alternative to Thune for Senate GOP leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/trump-adviser-calls-for-alternative-to-thune-for-senate-gop-leader",
        "published": "2026-11-05T22:10:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump predicts deal with Russia on Ukraine and 'all of Europe'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/trump-predicts-deal-with-russia-on-ukraine-and-all-of-europe",
        "published": "2026-11-05T22:42:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Melania Trump's adviser Marc Beckman on her localized Ukraine ceasefire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/melania-trumps-adviser-marc-beckman-on-her-localized-ukraine-ceasefire",
        "published": "2026-11-05T23:11:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Melania Trump calls for lasting peace after brokering local Russia-Ukraine ceasefire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/melania-trump-calls-for-lasting-peace-after-brokering-local-russia-18397898",
        "published": "2026-11-05T23:37:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump met Russian envoy after he appeared with Melania Trump and Ukrainians",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/trump-met-russian-envoy-after-he-appeared-with-melania-trump-and",
        "published": "2026-11-06T00:06:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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