--- title: "Melania Trump Wrote Personal Letters to Putin and Zelensky Calling for Lasting Peace" description: "At a White House meeting regarding the ceasefire in Oleshky, US First Lady Melania Trump announced that she wrote personal letters to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine calling for lasting peace." date: 2026-11-05T17:09:38.852Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/melania-trump-letters-putin-zelensky tags: [melania-tramp, white-house, ceasefire, ukraine-russia, diplomacy] author: "Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Melania Trump Wrote Personal Letters to Putin and Zelensky Calling for Lasting Peace ![Melania Trump speaking at a podium in front of US flags at a White House event](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/05/melania-tramp-listi-putinu-i-zelenskomu/melania-tramp-listi-putinu-i-zelenskomu-1.webp) ## Key Points - Melania Trump wrote personal letters to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine calling for lasting peace - The letters were handed to delegations at a White House meeting regarding the Oleshky ceasefire - Trump called the Oleshky truce a precedent for larger-scale peace in the region - Earlier, Zelensky awarded Melania Trump the Order of Princess Olga, 1st Class, for her contribution to humanitarian efforts US First Lady Melania Trump announced that she has written personal letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling for a move toward lasting peace. She stated this at a White House event dedicated to the ceasefire in Oleshky and asked meeting participants to deliver the messages to the recipients. According to her, the ceasefire in this locality was made possible by the efforts of both presidents and creates an important precedent for further dialogue. ### Personal Messages to Leaders “As this historic moment concludes, I have written personal letters to President Putin and President Zelensky. David and Kirill, please deliver these letters to your presidents on my behalf,” Melania Trump said, addressing the heads of delegations. She expressed hope that the meeting participants would ensure the safe delivery of the correspondence and facilitate further dialogue between the parties. Thus, the US First Lady acted as a mediator, transmitting personal appeals directly through the representatives of the two countries. ### Delegations at the White House The meeting took place at the White House on Thursday, November 5. Present from the Ukrainian side were MP and head of the "Servant of the People" faction David Arakhamia, as well as Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets. The Russian delegation was represented by Kirill Dmitriev and ombudsperson Yana Lantratova. It was Arakhamia and Dmitriev who, at Melania Trump’s request, were to deliver the letters to their presidents. ### Oleshky Ceasefire as a Precedent Commenting on the results of the humanitarian operation in Oleshky, Melania Trump emphasized that the ceasefire would not have been possible without President Putin and President Zelensky. She called the cooperation of the parties for the sake of a local truce a precedent for establishing a larger-scale peace in the region and expressed hope that this operation would become a prologue to a wider peace: “Any meaningful transformation begins with a small spark.” ### Awards and Prospects for Dialogue It should be recalled that earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope for new local ceasefires with the assistance of Melania Trump amid humanitarian efforts in the region. For her significant contribution to these efforts, Zelensky awarded Melania Trump the Order of Princess Olga, 1st Class. The award ceremony took place during the same meeting at the White House, where Ukrainian ombudsperson Dmytro Lubinets presented the order to the US First Lady. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Мелания Трамп написала письма Зеленскому и Путину](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/melaniya-tramp-napisala-listi-zelenskomu-1793898041.html) - Source: Melania Trump's statement about personal letters and the request to deliver them to Arakhamia and Dmitriev. - [Мелания Трамп написала личные письма Зеленскому и Путину](https://ru.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1231990.html) - Clarifies the composition of the delegations (Arakhamia, Lubinets; Dmitriev, Lantratova) and the quote about hope for larger-scale peace. - [Мелания Трамп заявила, что написала письма Путину и Зеленскому](https://www.interfax.ru/world/1127272) - Confirms the date (November 5) and the thesis about the Oleshky ceasefire precedent. - [В Белом доме Мелания Трамп передала послание лидерам Украины и России](https://ua.news/ru/world/u-bilomu-domi-melaniia-tramp-peredala-poslannia-lideram-ukrayini-ta-rosiyi) - Confirms the delivery of the letters to the delegations during the White House meeting. ## FAQ ### Who did Melania Trump write letters to? Personal letters were addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling for lasting peace. ### Who was supposed to deliver the letters? At Melania Trump's request, the letters were to be delivered by the heads of delegations — David Arakhamia for the Ukrainian side and Kirill Dmitriev for the Russian side. ### Where and when did the meeting take place? The meeting took place at the White House on Thursday, November 5, regarding the ceasefire in Oleshky.