Zelenskiy awards medal to Melania for mediating 'Oleskiyi ceasefire'

(Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondent Min Gyeong-rak = Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded a national medal to U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, for mediating a local ceasefire in the Kherson region.

According to the Office of the President of Ukraine on the 4th (local time), President Zelenskyy announced a presidential decree awarding First Class Princess Olga Medal to First Lady Melania Melania.

This medal is awarded to women who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of science, education, culture, and philanthropy.

The presidential decree explained, “First Lady Melania Trump has made a significant personal contribution to humanitarian aid to Ukraine,” and “recognized her efforts to help children who were expelled or forcibly transported from Russian-occupied territories.”

In the Russian-occupied region of Kherson Oleshki in southern Ukraine, about 800 stranded residents were evacuated from the 23rd of last month to the 1st of this month as a local ceasefire went into effect following the mediation of First Lady Melania Trump. The city's residents have been experiencing a survival crisis as food and medical support has been cut off for a long period of time.

This ceasefire was recorded as the longest ceasefire since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.