Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded U.S. First Lady Melania Trump a state honor for her humanitarian support for Ukraine and her efforts to help children and other civilians affected by the war.
The first lady received the Order of Princess Olga, 1st Class, Kyiv’s highest civilian honor for women, by presidential decree dated Nov. 2.
The award follows Melania Trump’s key role in brokering a localized ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, which Kyiv and Moscow praised as a success.
According to the decree, she was bestowed the award for “significant personal contribution to humanitarian support for Ukraine, active human rights and charitable activities aimed at saving Ukrainian children, citizens affected by Russian aggression, illegally deported and forcibly displaced from the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation.”…