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

A Russian newspaper said that the First Lady was a "danger" to Moscow and suggested that her husband, President Donald Trump, "would be better off buying her shoes".

Ukrainians have begun to credit First Lady Melania Trump for her husband’s 180 on support for Russia and President Vladimir Putin in their all out war on Ukraine.

Melania Trump is the “quiet force” behind her husband’s apparent U-turn on Ukraine, the daughter of the president’s special envoy to Kyiv has said.

Melania Trump has highlighted Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine in private conversations, President Trump said on Monday.

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,

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

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 Kremlin has ramped-up criticism of US President Donald Trump since he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a 50-day deadline to agree to a peace deal