{
  "id": 15875539,
  "title": "Putin holds Ukraine peace talks with Trump’s envoy Witkoff, frees American Hubbard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/putin-holds-ukraine-peace-talks-with-trumps-envoy-witkoff-frees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T10:17:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3371659/putin-holds-ukraine-peace-talks-trumps-envoy-witkoff-frees-american-hubbard"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US special envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington’s latest push to stop Europe’s bloodiest conflict since second world war. The talks in St Petersburg, the ninth time that Witkoff has met Putin in person, began with a goodwill gesture from Russia – the release of a retired…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}