White House: Melania Trump brokers truce for Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky

The White House has said that US First Lady Melania Trump brokered a truce for Oleshky, a Ukrainian city currently under Russian occupation. American officials describe the city as being on the brink of disaster.

Neither Ukraine nor Russia has confirmed the truce so far, so it remains unclear whether and how it will be put into effect.

According to the report, conditions for residents have become so severe that people have had to eat weeds growing in their gardens in order to survive.

What happens next depends on whether both warring sides acknowledge and observe the truce.