Ninka 74-jirka ah ee asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Michigan ayaa xabsiga Ruushka kaga baxay isagoo ay soo dhex galeen wada-hadal ku saabsan joojinta dagaalka Yukrayn.
Madaxweynaha Ruushka Vladimir Putin ayaa sii daayay Maraykanka Stephen Hubbard, oo 74 jir ah oo asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Michigan, kadib codsi uu sameeyay Madaxweyne Trump, sida ay sheegtay NPR. Hubbard wuxuu xabsiga Ruushka ku qaatay xukun kadib markii lagu xukumay inuu u dagaallamayay sidii shaqaale-dagaal (mercenary) Yukrayn.
Sida Hubbard u galay xabsiga Ruushka
Hubbard waa macalin dugsi hore oo ay ciidamada Ruushka qabteen bartamaha bari ee Yukrayn sanadkii 2022, kadib markii uu u guuray halkaas isagoo guursaday naag Yukrayn ah. Kadib qabashadiisa, waxaa lagu xukumay maxkamad xiran oo ku xukuntay inuu ku qaato ku dhow toddobo sano oo xabsi ah, isagoo u dagaallamayay dhinaca Yukrayn isagoo jira da'da 70-meeyada. Maraykanku wuxuu si rasmi ah u aqoonsaday inuu si khaldan loo xayiray intii lagu jiray maamulka Biden, sida ay NPR sheegtay.
Maamulka Trump ayaa ka dhigay sii dayntiisa mudnaan, iyadoo ay jiraan walaac ku saabsan caafimaadkiisa iyo badbaadadiisa. Madaxweyne Trump wuxuu horey u sheegay warbaahinta in wada-hadallo ku saabsan xoriyaddiisa ay socdaan usbuucan.
Kulanka Saint Petersburg iyo hadalka Witkoff
Sii daynta Hubbard waxay timid intii uu booqasho ku joogay Saint Petersburg, Ruushka, ergeyga Aqalka Cad Steve Witkoff, kaasoo la kulmay Putin si uu uga wada hadlo soo jeedin cusub oo Maraykanku ku doonayo inuu soo afjaro dagaalka Yukrayn. Intii lagu jiray hadalka furitaanka oo kamarado duubayeen, arrinta Hubbard ayaa noqotay midka ugu muuqda. Witkoff wuxuu uga mahadceliyay Putin abaabulka sii daynta Hubbard, Putinna wuxuu xaqiijiyay in Maraykanka uu horey u joogay garoonka diyaaradaha.
Witkoff wuxuu Putin ku yiri: "You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you, and I thank you again." Warbaahinta dowladda ayaa soo saartay muuqaal Hubbard oo dhoola cadeynaya oo gacan qaadaya Witkoff, iyadoo uu daawanayay ergeyga Kremlin ee Aqalka Cad Kirill Dmitriev. Wiilka Hubbard, wadaad Orthodox ah oo lagu magacaabo Father Joseph Coleman, ayaa uga mahadceliyay Madaxweyne Trump iyo Madaxweyne Putin sii daynta aabihiis.
Trump oo sheegay in aan waxba la beddelin
Madaxweyne Trump, isagoo ku dhex jira qoraal uu ku daabacay baraha bulshada isagoo ku faraxsan sii daynta Hubbard, wuxuu ku adkaystay in Maraykanku aanu bixin "anything in return." Si kastaba ha ahaatee, sii daynta Hubbard waxay timid laba toddobaad oo aan caadi ahayn oo Trump uu sameeyay tallaabooyin badan oo xagga Ruushka ah iyo kuwa ka soo horjeeda Yukrayn, sida ay NPR sheegtay.
Trump wuxuu ogolaaday inuu iibsado shidaal diesel Ruush ah oo horey loo cunaqabataystay, wuxuuna dhigay ka-tag (waiver) xirmo cunaqabatayn oo Congress-ka uu isagu saxeexay oo sharci ka dhigay. Wuxuu kaloo ku cadaadiyay Yukrayn inay joojiso weerarada ka dhanka ah xarumaha shidaalka Ruushka, wuxuuna u yeedhay in madaxweynaha Yukrayn Volodymyr Zelenskyy la qaado. Trump wuxuu ku doodayaa in xiriirka Ruushka iyo heshiisyadan ay qayb ka yihiin qorshe ballaaran oo Moscow lagu sii hayo wada-hadallada nabadda iyo inay dan u yihiin macaamiisha Maraykanka.
The 74-year-old Michigan native had been convicted in Russia of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has released American Stephen Hubbard from a Russian prison following a request from President Trump, according to reporting on the case. Hubbard, a 74-year-old native of Michigan, had been serving a sentence after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.
How Hubbard Ended Up in a Russian Prison
Hubbard is a former school teacher who was detained by Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine in 2022, after he moved there following his marriage to a Ukrainian woman. He was later sentenced in a closed trial to nearly seven years in prison for fighting on behalf of Ukraine while in his 70s.
The United States formally designated Hubbard as wrongfully detained under the Biden administration. Amid concerns over his health and safety, the Trump White House made gaining his release a priority.
Release Announced During Witkoff Meeting in Saint Petersburg
President Trump had signaled in comments to journalists this week that negotiations for Hubbard's freedom were in the works. The release was confirmed during a visit by White House Envoy Steve Witkoff to Saint Petersburg, where he met Putin to discuss new U.S. proposals aimed at finding an end to the war in Ukraine.
Witkoff thanked Putin for arranging Hubbard's release, and Putin confirmed the American was already at the airport. Witkoff said: "You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you, and I thank you again." State media issued footage of a smiling Hubbard shaking hands with Witkoff as Kremlin White House envoy Kirill Dmitriev looked on.
Family Thanks Both Presidents as Trump Denies Concessions
Hubbard's son, Orthodox priest Father Joseph Coleman, thanked President Trump and President Putin for securing his father's release. In a social media post celebrating the news, Trump said the U.S. had not given "anything in return" for Hubbard's release.
The release came during a period in which Trump has agreed to buy previously sanctioned Russian diesel fuel, placed a waiver on a congressional sanctions package he had signed into law, pressed Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil facilities and called for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's ouster. Trump argues that engagement with Russia is part of a wider plan to keep Moscow involved in peace negotiations and that the deals are in the interest of American consumers.
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