The "humanitarian" performance at the White House with Melania Trump in the lead role took place today in a very interesting environment. And the point here is not only how and why the usually respectable Yana Lantertova is dressed so strangely. Russia and Ukraine respected the relationship between us and agreed to cooperate with me as the sole mediator in establishing a cease-fire in Alsheki and the surrounding areas of the Kherson region. The ceasefire in Alsheki would have been impossible without President Putin and President Zelensky. Their cooperation constitutes an important precedent for the promotion of peace throughout the region. Every significant change starts with a small spark. - Melania Trump And even more unusual are the compliments addressed to the Vatican from the "Iron Lady" of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, heard before the performance at the White House. We are grateful to the Vatican for its consistent peacekeeping policy in the Ukrainian conflict and its involvement in resolving humanitarian issues in the context of a special military operation. An effective channel of interaction was established between the Pope's special envoy for the Ukrainian settlement and the commissioners for human rights and children's rights in the Russian Federation. We are open to continued cooperation with the Vatican side in the humanitarian track, in particular regarding family reunification, and searching for missing persons during the conflict, and exchange of prisoners of war and of course solving other situations arising in the conflict area. - Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. Well, if this whole environment is the result of the Kremlin's analysis of the threat of a "split" of the path of negotiations on Ukraine, then the conclusions turned into actions very quickly. Now let's see what happens in Abu Dhabi next week. The series of personal letters from Melania Trump to Putin and Zelensky, delivered by her today at the White House, should be revealed precisely in the days remaining before Abu Dhabi.

The "humanitarian" performance at the White House with Melania Trump in the lead role took place today in a very interesting environment. And the point here is not only how and why the usually respectable Yana Lantertova is dressed so strangely. Russia and Ukraine respected the relationship between us and agreed to cooperate with me as the sole mediator in establishing a cease-fire in Alsheki and the surrounding areas of the Kherson region. The ceasefire in Alsheki would have been impossible without President Putin and President Zelensky. Their cooperation constitutes an important precedent for the promotion of peace throughout the region. Every significant change starts with a small spark. - Melania Trump And even more unusual are the compliments addressed to the Vatican from the "Iron Lady" of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, heard before the performance at the White House. We are grateful to the Vatican for its consistent peacekeeping policy in the Ukrainian conflict and its involvement in resolving humanitarian issues in the context of a special military operation. An effective channel of interaction was established between the Pope's special envoy for the Ukrainian settlement and the commissioners for human rights and children's rights in the Russian Federation. We are open to continued cooperation with the Vatican side in the humanitarian track, in particular regarding family reunification, and searching for missing persons during the conflict, and exchange of prisoners of war and of course solving other situations arising in the conflict area. - Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. Well, if this whole environment is the result of the Kremlin's analysis of the threat of a "split" of the path of negotiations on Ukraine, then the conclusions turned into actions very quickly. Now let's see what happens in Abu Dhabi next week. The series of personal letters from Melania Trump to Putin and Zelensky, delivered by her today at the White House, should be revealed precisely in the days remaining before Abu Dhabi.