US envoy Witkoff calls Russia’s Putin a ‘humanitarian’

What the coverage shows

Both outlets center on Steve Witkoff’s praise of Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” after a meeting in St Petersburg. The Independent adds the broader context of Moscow continuing to bomb civilians in Ukraine and quotes Witkoff describing a “wrongfully detained” American, while Channel 4 News is more concise and only foregrounds the meeting and the praise.

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