Putin agrees 'in principle' to resume Ukraine peace talks after November 10 following a three-hour sitdown with Trump envoy Witkoff
Stephen Hubbard, the Michigan teacher whom Vladimir Putin freed unilaterally — not in a prisoner swap — after being jailed in Russia for nearly seven years as a mercenary.Steve Witkoff with Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev in St Petersburg. Vladimir Putin revealed during their talks that Stephen Hubbard was already at Pulkovo Airport awaiting his flight home.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff is facing a backlash from lawmakers after telling Vladimir Putin 'I salute that, I commend you' and calling him a humanitarian. The praise came days after a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv killed teacher Inna Mariukhna and her one-year-old daughter Angelina. Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said the talks will focus on post-war security. Moscow insists Kyiv must still make 'necessary decisions'.
Putin freed retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard, 74, with no prisoner swap, Trump says.
Volodymyr Zelensky said he is open to freezing the front lines now.
Kremlin officials reportedly told Witkoff a Trump-Putin-Xi summit was 'possible', which would sideline Kyiv.
