Melania Trump has sent a private letter to Vladimir Putin about the plight of abducted Ukrainian children, it has been revealed.

The note was hand-delivered to the Russian leader by her husband, Donald Trump, as the two sat down for peace talks in Alaska on Friday night.

While the specific contents of the letter have not been made public and Mrs Trump was not on the trip, two White House officials told Reuters that she had written a message for Putin.

Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children has been one of the most important issues for Ukraine since the war began.

It is not clear exactly how many children are still missing but a report from the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think tank, said nearly 19,500 children had been deported to Russia.

Kyiv has called the abduct

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