Stephen Hubbard (second from left in the first row) poses with family members and American officials on board a flight to the US after his release from prison. Photo: 21 October 2026Image source, US Government / Handout via REUTERS
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Stephen Hubbard (second from left in the first row) was flown back home on a US plane earlier this week

ByDan JohnsonUkraine correspondent in Kyiv
  • Published25 minutes ago

Ukrainians held alongside freed US prisoner Stephen Hubbard have said they witnessed him being beaten and humiliated by Russian guards during his four-year detention.

Dmytro Khyliuk first met Hubbard at the Novozybkov prison in Bryansk, not far from Russia's border with Ukraine, in September 2022.