Zelensky honours Melania Trump with Ukraine award for brokering Oleshky truce

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded US First Lady Melania Trump the Order of Princess Olga, First Class. The honour recognizes her role in helping broker a partial truce that enabled civilians to evacuate from Russian-occupied Oleshky.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday awarded US first lady Melania Trump a national honour for her role in brokering a partial ceasefire that allowed the evacuation of civilians from a Russian-occupied town. “I hereby decree that the Order of Princess Olga, First Class, be awarded to Melania Trump, first lady of the United States of America,” a decree read on the Ukrainian presidential website. The text acknowledged her “significant personal contribution to humanitarian support...