US First Lady Melania Trump announced on Friday that After the ongoing negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, eight Ukrainian children returned to their families over the past 24 hours. TASR informs about this on the basis of AFP and AP agencies.
US President Donald Trump’s wife wrote a letter to Putin in August and asked her husband to hand him in person during their meeting at Alaska. “Since President Putin received my letter in August, a lot of things happened. He answered in writing and expressed his willingness to communicate directly with me and outlined the details of Ukrainian children living in Russia,” She told the first lady to journalists in the White House.
At the same time, she added that they followed the “open communication channel” regarding the well -being of these children. “We have agreed to cooperate in favor of all people involved in this war,” said Trump.
The US President’s wife also confirmed that Both sides also had “several unofficial meetings and phone calls, all in good faith”. “My representative is working directly with the President Putin team to ensure the safe unification of children with their families between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump added.
Ukraine claims that Ukrainian children were kidnapped without the knowledge of their parents or guardians. Kiev describes this as a war crime, which, according to the UN agreements, fulfills the definition of genocide. Moscow argues that deportations protect vulnerable children by taking them off the war zone.
