"Melania Trump revealed private talks with Putin US First woman and Russian president worked to reunite Ukrainian children with their families, she said."

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First woman Melania Trump at the White House, Washington, DC, October 10, 2025. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

First woman Melania Trump revealed that she had been in direct contact with Russian president Vladimir Putin for months, engaging in a backroom diplomatic initiative aimed at bringing Ukrainian children displaced as a consequence of a conflict with their families.

Since the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022 Moscow has evacuated children from the fighting region and moved them to safe places until they can be connected to families.

Kiev, however, accused Russia of "The kidnapping".On Friday, the first woman said the contact began after she sent a letter to Putin last August.

"He answered me in writing, signaling his desire to contact me directly" She said.

Since then, both have maintained "open communication channel on the destiny of these children".According to the first lady, both parties have attended respective unofficial meetings and telephone calls in the last 3 months, “All in good faith”.

The talks led to the reconnection of 8 Ukrainian children with their families in the last 24 hours, she said.“Every kid lived in chaos” due to the conflict, she added.

Three were separated from their parents due to fights on the front line and taken to Russia, and 5 others were separated with relatives abroad.

Among them was "one small girl who was now reunited with Ukraine in Russia".

Trump said that her typical worked straight with Putin's squad to facilitate household reunification, and that Russia had provided documentation including biographies, photographs and reports on kid care.

"US Government has confirmed that the facts in this paper are true" She added.Her mission, as she said, is "optimising the transparent and free movement of medical information" and "to facilitate regular communication between children and their families until each of them returns home".“This is inactive a process” She summarized.

"There are already plans to unite more children in the close future.

I hope peace comes soon.

It can start with our children.”Russian Commissioner for the Rights of the Child, Maria Lwowa-Bielowa, thanked Melania Trump for her humanitarian actions."I would like to express my gratitude to the First woman of the United States for her attention and concern for the families of children affected by the armed conflict" said Lwowa-Bielowa in Friday's video transmission.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626214-melania-trump-putin-child-Ukraine/

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