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Three cheers for Melania Trump-led ceasefire in Ukraine
The humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, mediated by First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo XIV and jointly implemented by Ukraine and Russia, is unprecedented since the start of this war in 2022. Its success and people-centered spirit also stand in conspicuous contrast to the repeated attempts by the Trump administration to end the war, which have all ended in frustrated failure. There has been pragmatic, if intermittent, engagement between Russia and Ukraine virtually since the 2022 Russian invasion, around issues like the exchange of prisoners of war and the bodies of the fallen, or t
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