U.S. First Lady Melania Trump sent a “peace letter” to Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging him that “it is time” to protect children and future generations, Kyiv Post reported.

According to Fox News, which obtained the text of the letter, it was personally delivered by President Donald Trump to Putin ahead of their important meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, appealing to the Russian leader to take responsibility not only for his country but for humanity as a whole.

“Every child carries the same quiet dreams in their heart, whether born by chance in a rural area or in the majestic center of a large city,” the letter begins. “They dream of love, opportunity, and safety from harm.”

Melania Trump notes that parents have a duty to nurture children’s hopes, and world leaders bear a responsibility that “goes beyond the comfort of a few.” She emphasizes that every generation begins life with an innocence “that stands above geography, governance, and ideology.”

The First Lady also points out that despite hardships, some children hold on to “quiet laughter” as an act of resistance against darkness.

“Mr. Putin, you alone can restore their melodious laughter,” she writes, adding that protecting childhood innocence is a service to “humanity itself.” The letter concludes with a call: “Such a bold idea transcends all human divisions, and you, Mr. Putin, are capable of realizing it with a single signature today. The time is now.”

The letter was presented at the first U.S.–Russia meeting since June 2021, when then-President Joe Biden met with Putin in Geneva, just months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to Reuters, citing two U.S. officials, in her letter Melania Trump urged Putin to halt the deportation of Ukrainian children. The Slovenia-born First Lady did not attend the Anchorage meeting between Donald Trump and Putin.

Ahead of the talks, a group of bipartisan U.S. senators introduced a resolution demanding the return of all abducted Ukrainian children before any peace agreement is finalized.

As of August 2025, over 1.6 million Ukrainian children remain under Moscow’s control in occupied territories or have been deported to Russia. Many are subjected to forced Russification, militarization, and ideological indoctrination—practices cited in the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Putin.

Russia claims it is “protecting vulnerable children,” but reports show minors are housed in military camps, participate in military games, and pledge loyalty to Moscow.

The UN accuses Russia of causing “immense suffering” to millions of Ukrainian children since the full-scale invasion in 2022. Moscow’s indiscriminate strikes on civilian targets have killed thousands of children, including five in a late attack on Kyiv in July, which killed 31 people and injured 159. |BГНЕС