Stephen Hubbard: Russia frees US citizen Stephen Hubbard, state media reviews

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has agreed to launch an American citizen who was jailed for allegedly preventing on behalf of Ukraine, state media report.

Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin stated throughout talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.

Hubbard, initially from Michigan, was 72 when he was sentenced to nearly seven years in a penal colony in 2024.

Prosecutors stated he was serving in a defence unit based mostly within the japanese metropolis of Izyum when he was captured by Russian forces two years prior.

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