By Kristin Brown
October 30, 2026 / 1:44 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — President Trump will meet with Stephen Hubbard, the American recently released from a Russian prison, at the White House Friday, sources familiar with the meeting tell CBS News.
Hubbard was jailed in Russia for more than four years after being accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. He was released and returned home to the U.S. last week.
This is a developing story; it will be updated.
This story published first on CBS News at 1:44 p.m. on Oct. 30, 2026.
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Source: CBS News · Kristin Brown
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