Stephen Hubbard's son: 'It’s tragic when family members are torn apart' by Russian captivity

Kyiv Independent22 October 2026, 17:56 UTCUkraine

For years, Father Joseph Coleman had little ability to influence what happened to his father, Stephen Hubbard, an American retiree imprisoned in Russia after being captured in Izium, a city in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast occupied by Russian forces in 2022.Hubbard, 74, was sentenced to nearly seven years

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