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Hubbard freed; technical peace talks proposed

Move the peace meeting from premature to tentatively November

A prisoner has been released. The larger settlement still needs its own signature.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Steve Witkoff / State Department
Status
Hubbard freed; technical peace talks proposed
Due
November talks proposed; settlement not agreed
Paying for it
U.S. diplomacy budgets; Ukraine bears the continuing war

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office8:42 AM

The envoys visited Moscow and Kyiv.

DJT
Donald J. Trump8:44 AM

I bring a PEN, they bring a DECISION.

EO
Executive Office8:51 AM

The Kremlin said talks might restart.

S
Scheduling9:04 AM

Scheduling asked for a date and a room.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:06 AM

Get them IN THE ROOM!

EO
Executive Office9:16 AM

The answer was that it is too early to discuss either.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:18 AM

Meeting to plan the MEETING, I could sell the Building before they pick a Door! Place, Day, SHOW UP, some of my best Work done that way..... nobody thinks of the Showing Up anymore.

DD
Diplomatic DeskOct 22 · 7:11 AM

The schedule has acquired a possible month. Staff have retained the word possible.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 22 · 7:17 AM

I make the call, a man gets to go home. That's a result you can actually see, no tiny footnote, and I am very glad for his family.

EO
Executive OfficeOct 22 · 7:24 AM

The release milestone has its own checkbox. The peace agreement checkbox remains untouched.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 22 · 7:31 AM

I am claiming the Call.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 22 · 7:37 AM

Steve gets very generous with the adjectives, very generous man, I send him for a Negotiation and he's halfway through writing a dedication. I like a Thank You, perfectly good phrase, doesn't require us to settle the entire dictionary while we're there.....

SD
State DepartmentOct 22 · 7:43 AM

Praise, proposed meetings and an agreed settlement occupy separate fields.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 22 · 7:49 AM

I want the November people to bring decisions. They've had enough practice bringing folders, the folders are doing very goodly.

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Close the prisoner-release milestone without closing the war file.

PUBLIC RECORD

After Witkoff and Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv, the Kremlin said it would not rule out renewed Russia–Ukraine–U.S. negotiations but that discussing dates or locations was premature. Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard on October 21. Trump said the United States gave nothing in exchange; Hubbard's lawyer disputed the mercenary charges behind his conviction. Witkoff's description of Putin as a humanitarian drew bipartisan criticism. After Putin met Witkoff, the Kremlin said technical U.S.-Russia-Ukraine talks could begin on or after November 10, potentially in Abu Dhabi. Zelenskiy supported three-way negotiations. No peace settlement was announced.

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