Trump handed Putin a letter from his wife about abducted children from Ukraine

• Melania Trump raised the issue of the abduction of children in a letter to Putin.
• More than 19,500 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia.
• The USA condemns the illegal relocation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

This is reported by RBC Ukraine, Ukrinform.

During a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Al-Yas, US President Donald Trump handed over a letter from his wife Melania Trump, in which she addresses the problems of abducted Ukrainian children.

According to information from Reuters, the letter mentions the fate of children in Ukraine and Russia. Official representatives did not disclose the details of the letter, except that it mentions cases of abduction of children as a consequence of the war in Ukraine. Earlier, the existence of this letter was not reported.

Abduction of Ukrainian children

Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression of Russia, the Russian authorities have launched a massive campaign of illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. The children were abducted in their families for the subsequent illegal adoption by Russian citizens.

According to the words of the Ukrainian commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets, since the beginning of the war, Russia has deported over 19,500 children from Ukraine. This year, more than a thousand of them have been returned, but the process continues.

This year, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a legislative bill that establishes liability for illegal emigration and the exploitation of children for military purposes by representatives of foreign states.

Recently, the US Congress passed a resolution condemning the abduction and illegal relocation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

More details on how Russia abducts and exploits Ukrainian children can be found in the RBC-Ukraine report.

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