# Melania Trump hosts Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the White House and hands over letters for Putin and Zelenskyy

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- Published: 2026-11-06T13:00:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:05:40+00:00
- Section: International Relations
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> The 5 November meeting wrapped up the joint humanitarian mission in Oleshky, Kherson region. According to Ukrainian outlets, the letters were passed via Arakhamia and Dmitriev.

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US First Lady Melania Trump hosted delegations from Russia and Ukraine at the White House on 5 November and handed over personal letters to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. According to Ukrainian outlets, the letters were passed via Arakhamia and Dmitriev.

The sides summed up the results of the first joint humanitarian mission since the start of the full-scale invasion: the evacuation of civilians from the town of Oleshky in the Kherson region, which is under Russian control.

The Russian side at the meeting was represented by human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova and Kirill Dmitriev, the president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and head of the RDIF.

The reception took place in the morning in Washington. The open part of the meeting lasted 20 minutes according to one source, and about 25 minutes according to other data. The sides exchanged thanks, gifts and letters.

Melania Trump wrote letters to Zelenskyy and Putin. According to the Ukrainian outlet RBC-Ukraine, in her message she stressed the importance of achieving lasting peace in the region. The contents of the letters are not being disclosed.

The first lady expressed hope that the humanitarian operation in Oleshky would lead to peace. She said: "We live to laugh, to create, to explore and to love. May Oleshky become the modest spark that grows into an unextinguished flame of peace."

According to Melania Trump, she personally took part in every stage of preparing the mission: she studied demining plans, aerial photographs, road conditions and evacuation routes.

In October 2025, Melania Trump said she had received Putin's reply to her letter about deported Ukrainian children, and that a channel of communication with the Russian leader had been opened after that.