during their Friday (August 15, 2025) meeting in Alaska.<\/a><\/p>\nThe letter did not specifically name Ukraine, which Mr. Putin’s forces invaded in 2022, but beseeched him to think of children and \u201can innocence which stands above geography, government, and ideology.\u201d Nor did the American First Lady discuss the fighting other than to say to Mr. Putin that he could \u201csinglehandedly restore\u201d the \u201cmelodic laughter\u201d of children who have been caught in the conflict.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn protecting the innocence of these children, you will do more than serve Russia alone \u2014 you serve humanity itself,\u201d she wrote on White House stationery.<\/p>\n
A copy of the letter was first obtained by Fox News Digital and later posted on social media by supporters of the U.S. President, including Attorney General Pam Bondi.<\/p>\n
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The First Lady said that Mr. Putin could help these children with the stroke of a pen.<\/p>\n
Mr. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in Russia taking Ukrainian children out of their country so that they can be raised as Russian. The Associated Press documented the grabbing of Ukrainian children in 2022, after which the International Criminal Court said it had issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. <\/p>\n
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