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⚡️David Arakhamia secretly joined negotiations with the Russians, — sources of Ukrainska Pravda.
⭕️The leader of the Servant of the People faction turned out to be an unpublicized participant in talks on a local ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor in Oleshky.
⭕️Initially the Office of the Ombudsperson Dmytro Lubinets handled the arrangements. But when the Russians began refusing the agreed terms, David Arakhamia joined the process.
⭕️According to Ukrainska Pravda, it was through him that the Ukrainian side arranged with Washington for a public statement by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.
⭕️After Melania’s statement, it became much harder for the Russians to derail the arrangements without international publicity.
Meanwhile it was David Arakhamia who announced the departure of the Ukrainian delegation toward Oleshky to evacuate civilians and deliver humanitarian aid.
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