Melania Trump hosts Russia-Ukraine meeting, calls for ‘enduring’ truce

WASHINGTON: US First Lady Melania Trump called for a “more enduring” ceasefire in Ukraine as she hosted a rare meeting between officials from the war-torn country and its invader Russia at the White House on Thursday. The unprecedented meeting hoped to build on a localised six-day truce in the starvation-hit Ukrainian city of Oleshky that US President Donald Trump’s wife had announced last month. “Now we must use the courage we brought to Oleshky to find common ground through a shared concern for the suffering of innocent people,” Melania Trump told reporters. “Together, we can create…