Melania Trump's letter to Putin on Ukraine children
Melania Trump, the wife of President Donald Trump, addressed the difficult situation of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Agerpres.
The news agency cited Reuters, who quoted two White House officials.
The officials told Reuters that President Trump personally handed the letter to Putin during a summit in Alaska. Melania Trump did not accompany him to the summit.
The letter's existence had not been previously reported, and officials did not disclose its contents, other than to say it referred to the abduction of children in the war in Ukraine.
The abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia has been an extremely sensitive issue for Kyiv.
Ukraine has called the abduction of tens of thousands of children—who were taken to Russia or Russian-occupied territories without the consent of their families or guardians—a war crime that meets the UN treaty definition of genocide.
Previously, Moscow stated it was protecting vulnerable children from a war zone.
The UN Human Rights Office indicated that Russia has caused suffering to millions of Ukrainian children and violated their rights since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, according to the cited source.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
