AFP/GettyUkraine President Volodmi Zelanski has thanked Donald Trump for his wife Melania, written by Ukraine’s first woman Olena Zelanceca, Melania advocated protecting children.
Zelansky has thanked Melania for raising awareness about at least 19,500 Ukrainian children, which his government says that has been abducted by Russia since the entire attack on Ukraine in 2022.
Melania sent his own letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider children, saying “In protecting the innocence of these children, you will work more than Russia’s service alone – you serve humanity”.
His letter did not refer to any specific children.
In the weekend, White House Shared on social media Letter to Putin.
In this, Melania said that every child dreams of “protection from love, probability and danger”.
“Mr. Putin, you can restore your sweet laughter,” she wrote.
Responding to a reporter’s question about the letter on Monday, Trump said that his wife, who feels very strongly, loves children and “hate something like that”, which adds the same to other wars.
“She would like to see this end, she says that it is very openly, very proud, and with great grief because so many people have been killed,” he said.
Zelancesi praised Melania “to pay attention to one of the most painful and difficult issues of this war – kidnapped Ukrainian children by Russia,” “We appreciate the depth of her compassion”.
“This issue lies in the heart of the human tragedy of war – our children, broken families, pain of separation.”
The President of Ukraine continued: “His voice matters, and his care gives strength for this reason.”
Ukrainian government About 19,500 children say With about 1,500 returning, Russia or Russian-Quiz areas have been removed and/or forcibly removed from their homes.
In 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lavova-Belwa. For alleged illegal exile of children,
Russia denied the allegation and said that it has protected the weak children by transferring them from the war zone for its safety.
Children’s return is part of Ukraine’s position in peace talks with Russia.
After Monday’s meeting of Zelanski, Trump and European leaders at the White House, European Commission Chairman Ursula von Der Leyen said on social media: “The human cost of this war should end.”
“And this means that every Ukrainian child kidnapped by Russia should be returned to his families.”
He “thanked Trump for his clear commitment that these children should be associated with their loved ones today”.
Von Der Leyen was responding to a social media post from Trump, who said that missing children worldwide are especially the issue of importance for Melania.
