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Melania Trump sends letter to Putin about abducted children

Melania Trump’s letter highlights nearly 19,500 Ukrainian children deported by Russia amid ongoing conflict, delivered by President Trump during a summit with Putin.

  • On August 15, 2025, President Donald Trump held an extensive meeting lasting close to three hours with Vladimir Putin at a U.S. military facility in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • The meeting occurred amid ongoing conflict that began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and rising tensions over child abductions.
  • At the summit, President Trump personally delivered a message from his wife, Melania Trump, to Putin addressing the issue of children taken during the ongoing conflict.
  • Ukraine has confirmed that close to 19,500 children have been forcibly taken to Russia without the approval of their families, labeling these actions as war crimes that fulfill the U.N. treaty's criteria for genocide.
  • The meeting did not produce a ceasefire deal, but the letter highlighted international concern over children affected by the conflict and could pressure further dialogue.
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The wife of the US president, Melania Trump, wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which she talks about the difficult situation of children in Ukraine and Russia, two White House officials announced.

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Melania Trump gave her husband Donald Trump a letter to deliver to Vladimir Putin ahead of the summit in Alaska. The letter reportedly…

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Melania Trump writes to Putin about abducted children

President Donald Trump has delivered a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin from first lady Melania Trump that...

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US President Trump personally handed over the letter to Putin during the Alaska Summit. The letter is intended to deal with the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia.

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Melania Trump sends letter to Putin about abducted children

U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two White House officials said on Friday.

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The public may not know much about the contents of Melania Trump's letter, but it did contain one important thing.

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