How Melania Trump became an unlikely peace broker, amid doubts it'll last

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Melania Trump has become an unlikely peace broker, but there are doubts the truce will last and about her role in facilitating it.

United States First Lady Melania Trump brought Russian and Ukrainian officials together at the White House on Friday.

She was marking a rare six-day ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukraine, which allowed desperately needed aid to reach civilians and hundreds of people to escape a devastated city.

Melania Trump has been credited with helping broker the agreement, but questions remain over the extent of her involvement.

One Russian politics expert said he didn't think there was "any serious evidence that she has been a major actor in this process," describing the publicity around the truce as "basically a PR operation".

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