# Sister says freed American Stephen Hubbard is in disbelief after release from Russian prison

https://mins.news/en/video/110564

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-22 03:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGfCZOsjUNM

> Stephen Hubbard, an American held in a Russian prison for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, was freed Wednesday. His younger sister said they spoke by phone afterward and that he was in disbelief.

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