Russian state TV took aim at Melania Trump, saying she is responsible for her husband's apparently tougher stance toward Putin.

The credit for the apparent turn of US President Donald Trump against Russia in the Ukrainian conflict belongs to First Lady Melania Trump. This was stated in an interview with The Hill Sunday NewsNation program by a member of the US House of

Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska offered a rare and indirect bit of praise for the Trump White House on Sunday. Days after President Donald Trump linked his evolving position on Russian intransigence to comments from first lady Melania Trump,

A Republican congressman has praised First Lady Melania Trump for making her husband realize he’d been played by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he was “glad” to see President Donald Trump shift course on pressuring Russia over its war in Ukraine in an interview on NewsNation’s The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt,

President Trump suggested Monday that first lady Melania may have helped convince him to ramp up military aid to Ukraine.

Ukrainians have been praising First Lady Melania Trump after President Donald Trump claimed she has been urging him to help the country take on Russia.

The paper notes that as Putin rejects U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace proposals, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities continue to kill civilians, hopes for a ceasefire deal or a reset in Moscow’s relations with the West are rapidly fading.

I think she understands more because she is one of ours, coming from a Slavic country,” Kyiv resident Yulia Shevchenko said.