Melania Trump calls for ‘enduring’ Ukraine truce as rivals meet at White House

Washington U.S. First Lady Melania Trump called for a “more enduring” ceasefire in Ukraine as she hosted a rare meeting between officials from the war-torn country and its invader Russia at the White House on Thursday (November 5, 2026). The unprecedented meeting hoped to build on a localised six-day truce in the starvation-hit Ukrainian city of Oleshky that U.S.

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