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Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) on Sunday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "murderer" and urged that the U.S. not make any deals with Russia. ABC News's "This Week" host Jonathan Karl asked Hinson, a Senate candidate and a staunch supporter of Ukraine, what she made of U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff's remark to Putin last...

Former prisoner Ihor Shishko blasted US envoy Steve Witkoff's flattery of Putin as a humanitarian as "shameful and despicable."

Vladimir Putin is many things; a “humanitarian” is not one of them. Steven Witkoff may think sycophantic praise for the Russian president will get Putin to a deal, but that ignores two important realities. First, Putin and his army have brutalized his own people and committed numerous and heinous war crimes against the people of ...

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade posted a video clip of himself on the social platform X criticizing special envoy Steve Witkoff’s comment calling Russian President Vladimir Putin “a humanitarian.” “The Russians must be laughing their heads off,” Kilmeade said in the video. “That just makes you look naive. A humanitarian? This guy kills his opponents,...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s ready to resume trilateral negotiations with the US and Ukraine on a potential peace deal, according to the Kremlin. Putin made the offer during more than three hours of talks in St. Petersburg with US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, on Wednesday. Dan Tannebaum, Partner at Oliver Wyman & Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, discusses the conflict and what this latest push for talks signifies. (Source: Bloomberg)

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) slammed special envoy Steve Witkoff’s characterization of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian,” instead calling the Russian leader “an evil killer.” Cramer also declared he would rather die in a Russian prison than have someone praise Putin as a “humanitarian” to earn his release. “Humanitarian wouldn’t be one of the...

The UK pushed back against the description of Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” given by US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine war envoy, saying it rejected that characterization of the Russian leader.

Moscow firing ballistic missiles at Ukraine shortly after talks between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia's Vladimir Putin showed the Kremlin's position on the war had not changed, President Volodymyr Zelenskyyy said Thursday.

Experts say Russia is trying to destroy energy infrastructure before winter and US ‘appeasement and flattery’ will not achieve peace Europe live – latest updates Russia has carried out a massive “demonstrative” attack on Ukraine, bombarding Kyiv with ballistic missiles just hours after Vladimir Putin said he had agreed to resume trilateral negotiations after talks with the US envoy Steve Witkoff. Overnight, Moscow pounded the Ukrainian capital, killing at least two people and wounding 22, including four children. Targets included the southern bridge over the Dnipro River, civilian houses, energy infrastructure, an ambulance station, office buildings and a monastery. Continue reading...

The Trump administration praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” for releasing a detained US citizen. Steve Witkoff complimented Putin in Russia as he secured the release of Stephen Hubbard, an American teacher convicted there four years ago of fighting for Ukraine. Bloomberg's Anthony Halpin reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst joins "The Daily Report" to discuss Steve Witkoff's comment that Putin is a "humanitarian" following the release of an American citizen from a Russian prison.

Russia freed an American imprisoned for the last four years. Stephen Hubbard was captured in Eastern Ukraine and convicted of fighting against Russia. The 74-year-old retired teacher was reportedly freed without a swap. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff greeted Hubbard in St. Petersburg. He also met with the Russian president and praised Putin in unusually glowing terms. Nick Schifrin reports.

US envoy Steve Witkoff hailed Vladimir Putin as a “true humanitarian” after the Kremlin released a 74-year-old retired teacher accused of fighting for Kyiv and agreed to trilateral talks to end the war in Ukraine.

Jim Gilmore, former Virginia governor, RNC chair and ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, says the US has made a dramatic reversal in its policy toward Ukraine and argues Americans deserve an explanation for the shift. Gilmore calls Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal, rejecting special envoy Steve Witkoff's characterization of Putin as a humanitarian, and says the US should continue standing behind Ukraine. He also says a plan involving Russian diesel and oil would put money into Russian pockets. He speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg’s "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)

President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff praised Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” on Tuesday while representing the United States in talks with the Russian “president” in St. Petersburg. Witkoff couldn’t be more wrong. Vladimir Putin is an ex-KGB intelligence officer and Stasi liaison who served in Dresden at the height of the Cold War […]

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a qualified defense of White House special envoy Steve Witkoff's description of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "humanitarian," saying the characterization could apply to Putin's decision to release Stephen Hubbard.

American Stephen Hubbard released by Russia after four years of wrongful detention; special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Putin in Moscow.

Steve Witkoff’s flattery of the Russian leader could be just the start of a mendacious stratagem from a US president who says Moscow ‘has been fine on Ukraine’ They say the first casualty of war is truth. For the Trump administration, the road to peace with Russia now encompasses some extraordinary lies. Steve Witkoff delivered one as he sat down with Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Wednesday, aiming to close the deal on Russia’s land grab in Ukraine with the White House’s strategy of maximum pressure on Kyiv and saccharine flattery of the Kremlin. Continue reading...

The vice president called Steve Witkoff "a diplomat" and said he was in Russia to get a job done.

After special envoy Steve Witkoff told Putin he was a "humanitarian" for releasing a U.S. citizen deemed to have been wrongfully detained, GOP Sen. John Cornyn responded, "No. Putin is a stone cold killer."

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announced the release while meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.

The agreement comes following a meeting between the Russian president and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff called President Vladimir Putin "a humanitarian" after the Russian leader released a U.S. citizen who had been imprisoned by Russia since 2022. Former U.S. ambassador William Taylor shares his thoughts.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff is facing criticism from lawmakers after calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” for releasing an American who has been held in Russia for years. President Trump had made a direct appeal to Putin for the release of Stephen Hubbard, a teacher who was accused of being a Ukrainian mercenary. Hubbard...