# What happened during Witkoff and Kushner’s latest meeting with Putin

https://mins.news/en/item/110329

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-21 23:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/what-happened-during-witkoff-and-kushners-latest-meeting-with-putin?traffic_source=rss

> US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner concluded their latest meeting with Vladimir Putin, after which Russia released retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard. Putin agreed to resume US-mediated peace negotiations with Ukraine, as concerns grow in Kyiv that the Trump administration is retreating from its support for Ukraine.

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