Melania Trump said Putin “can singlehandedly restore” children’s “melodic laughter,” adding that “in protecting the innocence of these children, you will do more than serve Russia alone – you serve humanity itself.

“Such a bold idea transcends all human division, and you, Mr. Putin, are fit to implement this vision with a stroke of the pen today.

The chief of staff for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the US’ First Lady Melania Trump for calling on Russia’s President to save deported Ukrainian children.

“The return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia should be a key condition for any peace agreement,” Andriy Yermak wrote in a post on social media on Saturday.

Yermak said he was “grateful” to Melania Trump for her letter to Russian President Vladmir Putin, in which she called on the leader to “singlehandedly restore” children’s “melodic laughter.”

More than 35,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted during the war and taken to over 100 locations in Russia and Russian-occupied territory, according to the Ukraine Conflict Observatory, an effort led by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab.