President Donald Trump said a letter he hand-delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska was "well received."

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting the letter that calls for peace in Ukraine.

The letter did not specifically name Ukraine, which Putin's forces invaded in 2022, but beseeched him to think of children and “an innocence which stands above geography, government, and ideology.”

Nor did the American first lady discuss the fighting other than to say to Putin that he could “singlehandedly restore” the “melodic laughter” of children who have been caught in the conflict.