INTRO: U-S Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announcing the release of Stephen Hubbard, an American citizen who has been jailed in Russia for more than four years, following a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Witkoff met with Hubbard upon his release in St. Petersburg.
ACK: U-S Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
TAG: The announcement comes amid a new push to reach a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, with Witkoff pushing Putin to consider resuming trilateral peace talks that would include U-S negotiators.
KEYWORD: Politics, International
