# Stephen Hubbard’s sister says Russian guards beat him and yelled, ‘Die, American’

https://mins.news/en/video/111951

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-23 00:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1L7gqGy9Ug

> Russia freed Stephen Hubbard on Wednesday after he spent more than four years jailed on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. The deal was completed during a visit by a senior U.S. envoy. Hubbard’s sister says Russian guards beat him while shouting at him to die.

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