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 (August 16, 2025).
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Mr. Trump hand-delivered the letter to Mr. Putin during their summit talks in Alaska, the officials told Reuters. Slovenian-born Melania Trump was not on the trip to Alaska.
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The officials would not divulge the contents of the letter other than to say it mentioned the abductions of children resulting from the war in Ukraine.
