Downing Street rejects Trump envoy's 'humanitarian' praise for Putin, saying he is 'starving children and the elderly'
Steve Witkoff (right), the top Trump aide, with Vladimir Putin, as a Kremlin aide said a new round of three-way peace talks could be held around 10 November in Abu Dhabi.Stephen Hubbard was reportedly in poor health when freed, with Texas understood to be his destination for medical treatment after the retired Michigan teacher spent almost four years in Russian custody on mercenary…
Steve Witkoff told Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg: "You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that." The compliment came after the release of Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old American teacher held since 2022. Hours later, Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv, leaving at least one person dead and 22 wounded, among them four children. Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander told LBC: "No, we don't."
Republican senator Kevin Cramer called Putin "an evil killer," not a humanitarian.
The White House rapid-response account hit back at critics: "This is why you're not a negotiator."
Putin has reportedly agreed 'in principle' to resume three-way peace talks with the US and Ukraine.
