Melania Trump urges stronger Ukraine ceasefire after brokering Oleshky truce

US First Lady Melania Trump called for a more enduring ceasefire in Ukraine while hosting Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House, following her role in brokering a six-day truce in the town of Oleshky that ended Sunday. Trump helped negotiate the brief pause in fighting, which enabled civilian evacuations and demining, and she presented it as a model for broader peace. She said she wrote personal letters to Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, and received a Ukrainian national award for her humanitarian role. Separately, seven people were killed in bus attacks in Russian-controlled Luhansk, and Kyiv was hit by a drone strike. The EU disbursed €4.36bn to Ukraine, while Sweden announced new internal border controls citing security threats from Russia's invasion.