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.

Vladimir Putin agreed to resume trilateral peace negotiations with Ukraine and the United States in November. The renewed diplomatic push comes amid continuing strikes and concerns over Washington's support for Kyiv.

Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday said they are both ready to resume trilateral talks with the United States. The news comes after US envoy Steve Witkoff separately met with Ukraine President Volodymyr…

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.

US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump pushes Kyiv to make…

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

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.

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the proposed new round of talks should focus on "building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the end of the conflict."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 envoy Steve Witkoff is in Saint Petersburg, holding talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin. The face to face meeting comes after he met with Ukraine's president and other European leaders in…

Moscow is ready to resume trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia talks next month, the Kremlin said Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Russia. FRANCE 24's correspondent…

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...

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to Russia today to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace talks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on his end, met with the US official 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.