US EditionMelania Trump sends letter to Putin about abducted children
- 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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Trump shares Melania Trump’s letter to Putin
President Donald Trump shared on social media the “peace letter” from first lady Melania Trump that was hand delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska on Friday. The first lady writes “it is time” to protect children and future generations worldwide. “Every child shares the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born randomly into a nation’s rustic countryside or a magnificent city-center. They dream of…
The US First Lady did not attend the meeting, but she addressed a letter to Putin in which she drew attention to the hardships of children during the war.
Melania Trump wrote a letter that Donald Trump then handed to Vladimir Putin.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an important meeting in Alaska, the purpose of which was to find a way towards resolving the Russia-Ukraine war. Before the meeting, Trump brought with him a special letter, which First Lady Melania Trump had written to Putin.
Melania Trump did not attend the meeting between the US president and Putin. She did, however, claim a role: she wrote a letter to the Russian president, raising awareness about the situation of children.
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