The White House announced on Nov. 3 that First Lady Melania Trump would convene Russian and Ukrainian representatives on Nov. 5 to discuss the six-day humanitarian ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky in the Kherson region, which ended on Nov. 1. The Trump administration, Ukrainian and Russian human rights ombudspersons credited her with securing the agreement, although Russian and Ukrainian military intelligence services reportedly negotiated the operation over four months.