White House says Melania Trump brokered ceasefire in Ukraine's Oleshky
October 23, 2026 at 03:28 PM · Updated 1h ago
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روسيا تعلن وقف إطلاق النار مؤقتا في خيرسون الأوكرانية
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روسيا تعلن تطبيق وقف إطلاق النار بـ خيرسون على خلفية عملية إنسانية في أليشكي
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ميلانيا ترامب تعلن التوصل إلى اتفاق مؤقت لوقف إطلاق النار بين روسيا وأوكرانيا
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البيت الأبيض يعلن هدنة بين روسيا وأوكرانيا فى أوليوشكى بوساطة ميلانيا ترامب
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Melania Trump brokers truce for Ukraine city 'on brink of disaster', White House says
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وساطة إماراتية تنجح في تبادل 540 أسيرا بين روسيا وأوكرانيا
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Melania Trump says she secured a one-city ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for humanitarian aid
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مفاوضات روسية أوكرانية الشهر المقبل وموسكو تعلق العمل بمطاراتها الأربعة
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White House says Melania Trump ‘secured a ceasefire’ in Ukraine’s Oleshky
(opens the publisher’s site)First Lady Melania Trump has announced a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, effective 29 October.
- The White House said Melania Trump, acting as "exclusive intermediary," secured the truce in the Kherson city, which neither Moscow nor Kyiv has confirmed.
- Trump said civilian leaders from both countries will assess residents' needs and coordinate evacuations for those wishing to leave.
- Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said she discussed Oleshky's humanitarian situation with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets during a meeting in Belarus' Novaya Guta.
- Russia's defense ministry said Moscow and Kyiv exchanged 270 prisoners from each side, the latest swap between the two countries.
- The UAE announced Friday it mediated the exchange of 270 prisoners from each side, its 27th mediation and a total of 8,537 exchanged.
- Russia's Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov announced a ceasefire and 'silence regime' on the Kherson axis from 04:00 Moscow time on 27 October.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Melania Trump is coordinating a humanitarian mission in Oleshky, which Russia says Ukraine is actively obstructing.
- The ceasefire follows earlier reunification operations in Oleshky that involved 34 children.
- Russia's Defense Ministry said the ceasefire includes planned engineering reconnaissance and the passage of a humanitarian aid convoy to Aleshki village.