During the Alaska summit, the Russian leader opened a letter sent by Donald Trump and read it in the presence of a delegation of both countries. In a letter the first woman of the United States Melania Trump stressed that children around the planet have akin dreams about love, opportunities and security. She besides stressed the request to defend minors and give them prospects for the future.
Melanie Trump stressed in her letter that responsibility for the welfare of children goes beyond geographical boundaries, ideologies or government systems. Speaking straight to the Russian president, she wrote: “Mr Putin, you are able to implement this imagination with 1 stroke of a pen. The time has come." Trump besides stressed that protecting children will not only service Russia, but will affect all mankind. Earlier, Reuters gave information about the existence of Melania's letter to Putin, but the exact content was not known, but only generals.
Dramatic statistic on Ukrainian children
According to the authorities in Kiev, since February 2022, or the beginning of full-size aggression, the Russians have taken about 20,000 children from occupied areas of Ukraine. Illegal deportations are peculiarly susceptible to unaccompanied children, including through forced separation from relatives or their death.
In Russia these people are russified. They are forbidden to talk Ukrainian and indoctrinate with propaganda content. Older children are besides sent to military training.
Participation in forced resettlement of civilians from occupied areas Ukraine was the basis for an arrest warrant issued by the global Criminal Court in 2023 for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
