Melania Trump and Dmytro Lubinets handing her an awardImage source, Getty Images
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Melania Trump was awarded Ukraine's Order of Princess Olha, 1st Class for her "significant personal contribution to humanitarian support for Ukraine"

ByLaura Gozzi
  • Published23 minutes ago

US First Lady Melania Trump called for a "more enduring" ceasefire in Ukraine as she welcomed Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the White House following last week's truce in the southern region of Kherson.

Hundreds of residents of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky facing starvation and constant bombardment were able to evacuate during a six-day ceasefire, which both Moscow and Kyiv credited Trump with brokering.