US special envoy Steve Witkoff complimented Russian dictator Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” during their meeting in St. Petersburg — as President Trump desperately tries to get Russia back to the negotiating table to end the Ukraine war.
“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,” Witkoff said Wednesday in a Russian state media video clip shared on social media.
The high praise for Putin came after Stephen Hubbard, a retired American teacher, was freed from a Russian prison where he had been imprisoned for over four years on charges he was fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine.
However, it also came after a Russian drone strike at a park killed beloved Ukrainian teacher Inna Mariukhna and her 1-year-old baby Angelina on Monday — with graphic images showing the baby dead in her stroller.
Four others were killed in the strike in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine.
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