American freed from Russia in prisoner swap hurt while fighting in Ukraine Former Marine Trevor Reed has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, according to a Biden administration official. July 26, 2023 Addit
The U.S. Marine veteran released in a prisoner swap with Russia last year was injured while fighting in Ukraine. Trevor Reed is now being treated at a German hospital. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.Jul 26, 2023 ...
Arrests of American nationals in Russia have become increasingly common in recent years, with relations between Moscow and Washington sinking to Cold War lows over the war in Ukraine. Some have been released in prisoner exchanges. The mostrecent one included Marc Fogel, a teacher from Pennsyl...
Mr Witkoff was secretly empowered by the president to expand his portfolio beyond the Middle East with the aim of negotiating channels with Russia, sources close to the administration told The New York Times. While the President publicly appointed Keith Kellogg, a retired three-star general, as ...
While espionage cases often take months to handle, his trial took place across just three hearings. This has led to speculation that a long-discussed US-Russia prisoner exchange deal involving him and potentially other Americans detained in Russia could be in the works. ...
captivity before being released. The exchange is one of the most significant prisoner swaps to take place under the Biden administration, coming five months after a separate deal with Russia that resulted in the release of Marine veteran Trevor Reed. It took place despite concerns from his family...
Paul Whelan, an American who's been imprisoned in Russia for 5 years on espionage charges that both he and the U.S. government dismiss as baseless, has said it's "unfathomable" that the Biden administration has "left me behind" while other Americans have been freed in prisoner swap...
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Fogel was not part of amassive prisoner swap last Augustthat resulted in the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan. Fogel’s family said it was “completely heartbroken and outraged,” in a statement released at the time. ...
But the WNBA star’s case is tangled up with that of another prisoner few Americans have ever heard of. Paul Whelan has been held in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage charges he and the U.S. government say are false. (Sofia Sandurskaya, Moscow News Agen...