{"id":2497540,"date":"2025-10-10T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-ukrainian-russian-children-reunited-with-families-first-lady\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:42:20","slug":"eight-ukrainian-russian-children-reunited-with-families-first-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-ukrainian-russian-children-reunited-with-families-first-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Ukrainian, Russian children reunited with families: first lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feight-ukrainian-russian-children-reunited-with-families-first-lady%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2497540&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>First Lady Melania Trump announced that eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families within the past 24 hours. She revealed that she has maintained an &#8220;open channel of communication&#8221; with Russian President Vladimir Putin after sending him a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letter-from-harvard-community-calling-for-encampment-protesters-to-face-significant-consequences-passes-500-signatures\/\" title=\"Harvard Community ...: 500 Signatures Demand Consequences for Protest Encampment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-accuses-biden-of-rejecting-scientific-consensus-on-school-reopenings\/\" title=\"House GOP Accuses Biden of Rejecting Scientific Consensus on School Reopenings\">letter urging<\/a> action<\/a> to protect children affected by the conflict. Putin responded with a willingness to engage, leading to the prosperous reunification of these children, some of whom had been separated across borders or displaced into Russia due to frontline fighting. The effort to bring more children back to their families is ongoing, with cooperation between both sides continuing through back-channel meetings and calls. Melania Trump emphasized hope for peace, starting with the safe return of children affected by the war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Eight Ukrainian, Russian children reunited with their families in past 24 hours: first lady<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2369302\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>First lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/melania-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melania Trump<\/a> announced that eight children displaced by <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia&rsquo;s<\/a> war in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> have been reunited with their families in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady said she has been in &ldquo;an open channel of communication&rdquo; with Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vladimir Putin <\/a>after she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3501954\/melania-trump-letter-peace-ukraine-war-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent a letter<\/a> urging him to take action on protecting the children affected by the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump said he responded with a &ldquo;willingness to engage,&rdquo; and their subsequent communication led to the children&rsquo;s return.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3845676\/trump-appears-cancel-meeting-xi-jinping-china-trade-war\/\">Trump shelves Xi meeting and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >escalates trade war<\/a> against &#8216;very hostile&#8217; China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3845596\/watch-live-melania-trump-announcement-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Melania Trump makes announcement from White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3845308\/trump-ultimate-legacy-peacemaker-disruptor-gaza\/\">What will Trump&#8217;s ultimate legacy be:&nbsp;Peacemaker or &#8216;disruptor&#8217;?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Three were separated from their parents and displaced to the Russian Federation because of frontline fighting. The other five were separated from family members across borders because of the conflict, including one young girl, who has now been reunited from Ukraine to Russia,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The eight children were reunited with their respective families in Ukraine and Russia. Trump said the reunification effort of all displaced children in the conflict is ongoing and that Russia has agreed to return those to Ukraine who were displaced as children, but recently turned 18 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the past three months, both sides have participated in several back channel meetings and calls, all in good faith. We have agreed to cooperate with each other for the benefit of all people involved in this war. My representative has been working directly with President Putin&rsquo;s team to ensure the safe reunification of children with their families between Russia and Ukraine,&rdquo; Trump continued.<\/p>\n<p>During the friendly do-over meeting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3757571\/trump-zelensky-play-nice-takeaways-oval-office-redo\/\">August<\/a> between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky gave Melania Trump a letter from his wife thanking her for her efforts in reunifying the children affected by the war with their parents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3501954\/melania-trump-letter-peace-ukraine-war-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MELANIA TRUMP PENS LETTER PLEADING FOR PEACE FROM PUTIN IN UKRAINE WAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&rsquo;s many thanks to President Trump and high praise of the first lady&rsquo;s efforts reportedly helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3757571\/trump-zelensky-play-nice-takeaways-oval-office-redo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">start the meeting<\/a> on a positive note.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Plans are already underway to reunify more children in the immediate future. I hope peace will come soon, it can begin with our children,&rdquo; Melania Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight Ukrainian, Russian children reunited with families recently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2497541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/trump-melania.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[61642,32641,51377,64974,58589],"class_list":["post-2497540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-family-reunion","tag-first-lady","tag-humanitarian-efforts","tag-russian-children","tag-ukrainian-children"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/trump-melania.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497544,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497540\/revisions\/2497544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2497541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}