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Trump Delivers Melania’s Letter to Putin Urging Return of Abducted Ukrainian Children

The letter underscores U.S. efforts to press Russia on wartime child transfers despite stalled peace talks

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President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025 (left) and First Lady Melania Trump with children at Children's National Hospital during a visit on July 3, 2025 in Washington, DC (right).
U.S. first lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ File Photo
Trump presented Putin with a letter from Melania that expressed worry for the plight of thousands of Ukrainian children who were allegedly taken from their homes by Russian authorities without their agreement, according to Reuters.

Overview

  • President Trump personally handed a private letter from First Lady Melania Trump to President Putin during nearly three hours of talks at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage.
  • Two White House officials said the letter raised the issue of Ukrainian child abductions but declined to disclose its full contents.
  • The Alaska summit concluded without a ceasefire or major peace concessions, leaving the conflict unresolved.
  • Independent researchers and Kyiv authorities have verified nearly 19,500 child transfers since 2022, with actual numbers believed to be higher.
  • The ICC’s March 2023 arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova and U.N. human rights reports continue to frame the deportations as potential war crimes.