Trump Says He Met Putin Envoy at White House Event
The White House event honored Melania Trump’s ceasefire role as officials said the truce helped deliver aid and evacuate civilians from Oleshky.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump confirmed meeting Russian Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House, but explicitly stated he did not meet with the visiting Ukrainian delegation attending the ceasefire event.
- First Lady Melania Trump hosted the White House gathering to honor her role brokering a six-day ceasefire in Oleshky, a city of about 24,000 residents she described as being on the 'brink of disaster.'
- Nearly 800 residents evacuated Oleshky during the truce, and Russian Presidential Envoy Dmitriev thanked the first lady for her 'distinguished humanitarian role,' while Ukrainian officials Davyd Arakhamia and Dmytro Lubinets also participated.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking in Spain on Friday, stated the operation proved 'something very simple,' noting that when Putin decides to stop fighting, the silence saves hundreds of lives.
- Peace between Russia and Ukraine has eluded President Trump, who has pressed both nations to end the war for nearly two years, though he suggested any future agreement could involve all of Europe.
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Donald Trump said that he met with Vladimir Putin's emissary on Thursday, after the Russian official participated with representatives of Ukraine in an event organized at the White House by the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, broadcasts Reuters. Trump did not want to reveal details about the discussion on ...
Yesterday evening, Thursday, United States President Donald Trump expected to reach an agreement that he described as "very large" with Russia, not only in the war in Ukraine, but also in Europe as a whole, following a meeting he had held at the White House with Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy.
President Trump had a meeting at the White House with an envoy of Russian President Putin. He did not meet with Ukrainian representatives who were also at the White House. Envoy Kirill Dmitriev is a confidant of Putin and conducts talks and negotiations on his behalf regarding the war in Ukraine. Dmitriev is thus the counterpart to the well-known American envoy Steve Witkoff, who in turn has been received by Putin more frequently. Dmitriev was…
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The Independent (US)Trump teases 'big agreement' after meeting Putin envoy but not Ukrainian officials
Representatives from both countries were at the White House for an event honoring Melania Trump’s work brokering a ceasefire in Oleshky
US President Donald Trump confirmed that he met with Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and a special envoy to Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the White House. The conversation took place on November 5, after a diplomatic event hosted by first lady Melania Trump. Asked if he had spoken with Dmitriev, Trump said yes. However, he declined to provide details about the meeting. “I can’t tell you exactly what we discusse…
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