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Humanitarian Dialogue in Washington: Melania Trump Meets with Russian & Ukrainian Representatives Ukrainian & Russian delegations met at the White House under the auspices of US First Lady Melania Trump. Kyiv was represented by Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets & Servant of the People parliamentary faction leader David Arakhamia, while Moscow was represented by Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova & Russian presidential special envoy and RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev. The talks focused primarily on the humanitarian mission and the evacuation of civilians from Oleshky, made possible by a temporary ceasefire. Melania Trump expressed hope that the operation would mark t


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Humanitarian Dialogue in Washington: Melania Trump Meets with Russian & Ukrainian Representatives

Ukrainian & Russian delegations met at the White House under the auspices of US First Lady Melania Trump. Kyiv was represented by Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets & Servant of the People parliamentary faction leader David Arakhamia, while Moscow was represented by Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova & Russian presidential special envoy and RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev.
The talks focused primarily on the humanitarian mission and the evacuation of civilians from Oleshky, made possible by a temporary ceasefire. Melania Trump expressed hope that the operation would mark the beginning of a broader peace process, noting that “every meaningful transformation begins with a small spark.”
Kirill Dmitriev thanked the US first lady for supporting the mission in Oleshky. He emphasized that the ceasefire had been introduced on the personal instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin & said Moscow highly appreciated Donald Trump’s peace efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
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