ST PETERSBURG, Russia, – Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a 74-year-old retired US schoolteacher in custody since 2022, from prison on Wednesday and took him to St Petersburg to fly back to the United States, after talks that Washington said were a step toward ending the war in Ukraine. Russia frees retired US schoolteacher in goodwill … Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (local time) said US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff told him that Russia is “ready to negotiate” when they met him in Kyiv after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.“Russia really thinks that this winter can help them break us. But the Trump … Read more
By Gleb Bryanski and Anton Kolodyazhnyy Putin tells US envoys Witkoff, Kushner that situation in Ukraine is ‘difficult’ MOSCOW, Sept 5 – Russian President Vladimir Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Saturday, telling them at the start of the talks that the situation in Ukraine is “difficult.” Putin … Read more