- 1Kirill Dmitriev, envoy to Vladimir Putin, gave Melania Trump a painting by an 11-year-old girl at the White House on Thursday, per Al Jazeera and PBS.
- 2Zelenskyy sent her a Ukrainian award recognizing her role in the ceasefire, Al Jazeera and PBS/AP report.
- 3Al Jazeera reports the Oleshky truce ran from October 27 to November 1 and allowed the evacuation of nearly 800 civilians.
- 4Trump said he met Dmitriev but not the Ukrainian officials, and would not say what they discussed, per PBS News.
A Putin envoy thanked Melania Trump at the White House on Thursday for brokering a ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, according to the PBS News (AP) and Al Jazeera. The first lady hosted Russian and Ukrainian representatives to mark the localized truce.
The event brought Russian and Ukrainian officials to the same White House gathering. Trump said a broader agreement could follow but gave no details, according to PBS News and Al Jazeera.
What is confirmed
The Guardian reports that Kirill Dmitriev, envoy to Russian President Vladimir Putin, gave Melania Trump a painting by an 11-year-old girl, per Al Jazeera and PBS. Al Jazeera and PBS/AP report that Zelenskyy sent her a Ukrainian award recognizing her role in the ceasefire; Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's human rights commissioner, also took part. PBS News, citing the Associated Press, reports that Dmitriev thanked her for her "distinguished humanitarian role."
Al Jazeera reports the truce ran from October 27 to November 1. It allowed the evacuation of nearly 800 civilians from Oleshky, in Ukraine's Kherson region, and the delivery of food and medical supplies. Russian forces captured the city, once home to about 24,000 people, on the first day of the full-scale invasion in 2022, PBS/AP reports.
Trump's remarks
President Donald Trump did not attend the event but met Dmitriev afterward. Speaking in the Oval Office, he said, "I can't tell you what I discussed," according to PBS News. He said he did not meet the Ukrainian officials. Trump said an agreement "is going to involve more than Ukraine," and might include all of Europe, PBS News reports. Al Jazeera notes he gave no specifics.
- Evacuated from Oleshky during the truce, per Al Jazeera
- nearly 800 civilians
- Dates of the Oleshky ceasefire
- October 27 to November 1
Unverified
The content of Trump's conversation with Dmitriev and the terms or timing of any broader agreement have not been disclosed in the sources.
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- Trump met Russian envoy after he appeared with Melania Trump and Ukrainians · Al Jazeera
- WATCH: First lady Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials. Trump met with Putin's envoy · PBS News
- Russian and Ukrainian officials thank Melania Trump for brokering ceasefire - video · the Guardian
- Putin envoy thanks Melania Trump for brokering ceasefire – video · the Guardian
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