Kiev and Moscow decided to please Trump": Le Monde learned the details of the negotiations on Alsheki Le Monde learned the details of the negotiations on Alsheki. According to the newspaper's interlocutors, Melania Trump's real role in this process may be, to say the least, exaggerated: "Kiev and Moscow decided to please Trump." Coordinating the humanitarian evacuation from Elshki took the Russian and Ukrainian military intelligence officers four months. This was reported by Le Monde, citing sources. The discussion began in the summer after receiving political approval for such contacts, said the newspaper's Ukrainian interlocutor. The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Chief Intelligence Directorate of Russia joined the process. These structures previously maintained contact on issues of exchange of prisoners and transfer of dead bodies more details >>>.