US EditionZelenskyy Thanks US First Lady For Letter To Putin, Tells Trump: 'My Wife Sent One To Yours'
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy praised Melania Trump's efforts to protect children amid the war, citing nearly 20,000 children unlawfully deported, officials said.
- On August 18, 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a private discussion with US President Donald Trump in Washington, focusing on efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine.
- The meeting followed Trump's recent Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Trump hand-delivered a letter from First Lady Melania Trump to Putin urging protection for children.
- During their meeting, Zelenskyy gave Trump a message from his spouse Olena Zelenska intended for Melania Trump and acknowledged Melania’s efforts to advocate for children amid the conflict and the issue of Russia’s unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children.
- Zelenskyy described Melania Trump's letter as concerning "our children, abducted children," a sensitive topic involving an estimated 20,000 unlawfully transferred Ukrainian children.
- The meeting featured friendly exchanges and support from several European leaders, reflecting an intensified effort to broker a peace deal and protect future generations.
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Trump praises Melania’s ‘beautiful note’ to Putin, says Zelenskyy brought letter from wife to first lady
President Trump praises first lady Melania Trump's personal letter to Putin calling for an end to the Ukraine war and protection of children affected by conflict.
Return of Ukrainian kids abducted by Russia discussed in White House meeting
Amongst the many things discussed between Presidents Trump, Zelenskyy, and other European leaders, the subject of Ukrainian children was brought up. Zelenskyy thanked the First Lady, Melania Trump, for writing a letter to Russian President Putin, which subtly pleads for the plight of Russian-abducted Ukrainian children. Back in 2023, the International Criminal Court charged Putin with war crimes, accusing him of abducting Ukrainian children and …
Zelenskyy thanks Melania Trump for advocacy on ‘abduction of Ukrainian children’
Zelenskyy's remarks came in response to a post by US President Donald Trump where he said that he, along with President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, have been discussing the "massive worldwide problem of missing children".
Missing Melania Makes Waves at Trump’s Ukraine Summit
Melania Trump has made her mark at her husband’s Ukrainian peace meetings without actually being present at all. The first lady was thanked in a separate X post from Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday night after several references to the 55-year-old absentee on Monday during Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian president and a number of European leaders. Melania’s involvement in the peace talks began over the weekend, when the Slovenian-born first lady…
Zelensky Delivers Letter From His Wife to First Lady
The name of first lady Melania Trump is again surfacing in regard to the Russia-Ukraine talks. When Vladimir Putin visited Alaska last week, the first lady wrote him a letter imploring the Russian leader to protect children and "serve humanity." When Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky met with Trump in the Oval...
The president of Ukraine arrived in the White House this Monday to meet with the US president to seek a possible solution to the war between Russia and Ukraine. On the spot, Zelensky took advantage of giving Trump a letter that his wife wrote telling of the deaths of children that has left this conflict.
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