The visit came a day after Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St Petersburg on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired school teacher, had spent more than four years in prison on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

Trump also said he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Stephen Hubbard - an American taken captive by Moscow's forces years earlier in Ukraine.

Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired US school teacher who had been held in Russia on mercenary charges, has been released.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired US schoolteacher in Russian custody since 2022, was freed from prison today and taken to St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow was willing to resume stalled, US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said after the two met at Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg.

Putin had initially called for a summit with the two other leaders but focused on the Ukraine war.

Russia freed detained American teacher Stephen Hubbard after Donald Trump appealed directly to Vladimir Putin. The humanitarian release coincided with Steve Witkoff's push to revive talks on ending the Ukraine war.

US envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after holding constructive talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict. As Witkoff...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's open to freezing the front lines of the Ukraine-Russia war as a real path to end the conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Wednesday to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, potentially setting ...

Russia has released a American who was jailed for over four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, in a deal completed during a visit by a top U. envoy and at a time ...

On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he anticipated a favorable result from US envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to Russia and that he advocates for trilateral negotiations...

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped for a positive outcome from US envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting in Russia on Wednesday and that he supports talks between the leaders of Kyiv, Washington and Moscow. Read more at straitstimes.com.

American Stephen Hubbard has been released from Russian custody after Trump urged Putin to free the retired teacher imprisoned on Ukraine mercenary charges.

Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff that Moscow was prepared in principle to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine next month. The proposal could revive negotiations after a pause since February, with Abu Dhabi a possible venue.