American teacher Marc Fogel returns to US after wrongful detention in Russia

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

This Russian citizen is also set to return to Russia in the coming days,

Peskov said Wednesday, without identifying the individual or specifying when they were expected to arrive

Vladimir Putinpresident

I don’t want to say that, I just want to say that I appreciate very much what they did in letting Mark go home.”

Asked if he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the matter, Trump responded

Of course, such agreements are hardly capable of becoming a breakthrough moment, but at the same time, bit by bit, these are steps to build mutual trust, which is now at its lowest point."

He added

It could be a big, important part of getting the war over with Ukraine

Trump said

We will deliver our expectation to the allies,

Kellogg said

To me, he looks damned good."

Standing beside Fogel at the White House, Trump remarked

President Trump secured Marc's release in just a few weeks, wasting no time in taking decisive action to bring Marc home,

his lawyers said in a statement to CBS News

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT!"

Following his arrival in the U.S., the White House shared a post on X with the message

Thank you all, and I love our country, and I’m so happy to be back here. And I wish I could articulate it better,

Fogel said

I feel like the luckiest man on Earth right now,

Fogel said as he stood next to Trump

I am in awe of what they all did,

Fogel said

For the moment, we don't know on what grounds he was released from where he was serving time - a pardon or something else,

Ovsyannikov told TASS

We just wanted to get him back home,

Trump said, and said

Michael Waltznational security adviser

President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the President's advisors negotiated an exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the Russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine,

What they are saying ... White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said in a statement

We were treated very nicely by Russia, actually. I hope that's the beginning of a relationship where we can end that war.”

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said

We're making good progress there. I think, I really think we're making some very good progress,

Trump told reporters about Ukraine on Tuesday

There is the possibility of [the North] additionally supplying troops, weapons and ammunition going forward,

the ministry said in a briefing to the parliamentary defence committee

We will swap one territory for another,

the Ukrainian president said in an exclusive interview,

We are beyond grateful, relieved and overwhelmed that after more than three years of detention, our father, husband and son, Marc Fogel, is finally coming home,

a statement from his wife, Jane Fogel, and his sons, Ethan and Sam, read

I think there’s goodwill in terms of the war,

he said