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Melania Trump to host Ukrainian, Russian officials at White House
Delegations of Russian and Ukrainian officials, including human rights chiefs from both countries, are set to meet with US First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Thursday ahead of talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the Ukraine war. It comes weeks after Melania Trump helped broker a partial ceasefire that enabled the evacuation of civilians from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky.
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