Russia has released 74-year-old American Stephen Hubbard, who had been imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, with US President Donald Trump saying the retired teacher was returning home after a direct request to Russian President Vladimir Putin. US special envoy Steve Witkoff announced Hubbard’s release during a meeting with Putin in St.

Vladimir Putin agreed to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv on ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said.

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.

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.

Zelenskiy, speaking to journalists said he had spoken to US officials after presidential envoy Steve Witkoff's talks in St Petersburg with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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.

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.

US President Donald Trump said it was "the closest we've been" to ending the war while his envoy Steve Witkoff praised Putin as a "humanitarian" for freeing US citizen Stephen Hubbard.

Zelensky hopes for new US-mediated peace talks with Russia and Ukraine by early November after discussions with US officials. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A major development in US-Russia relations. Russia has released retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard, imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

Russia has signalled its willingness to resume peace negotiations with Ukraine and the United States in November following a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the United States had resumed sharing intelligence on Russian strikes with Kyiv, as US special envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin following a meeting with Zelensky in Norway. Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine was again receiving advance warnings of Russian ballistic missile attacks, apparently restoring a service that the White House had suspended the previous week.

Russia frees US schoolteacher Stephen Hubbard after talks between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff on Ukraine peace efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US President Donald Trump's pivot away from Ukraine has triggered fresh questions about his attachment to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the man a top American envoy flattered on Wednesday as a "humanitarian.…

“The conflict in Ukraine is coming to an end,” Vladimir Putin’s top aide told reporters.

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...

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...

Russia in a recent latest diplomatic development has freed 74-year-old US citizen Stephan Hubbard who was imprisoned in Russia for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in...

The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the American who was freed after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, says he was in disbelief about his release.

Steve Witkoff made the comments as he met Putin in Saint Petersburg to secure the release of Stephen Hubbard, an American citizen who was detained for years after being arrested in Ukraine.