US envoy praises Putin as humanitarian in ninth meeting

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US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg for the ninth time, urging renewed US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine and praising Putin as a "humanitarian" during the meeting. Russia released American retiree Stephen Hubbard as a goodwill gesture, while Putin offered help with Iran, fertilizer supplies to the US, and proposed a potential China meeting with Trump and Xi Jinping. Witkoff brought new proposals for trilateral negotiations. The meeting occurred amid escalating Russian strikes on Ukrainian civilians and strained US-Ukraine relations, including reported restrictions on Starshield satellite communications that Washington denies.


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