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American Freed From Russia In 2022 Prisoner Swap Injured While Fighting In Ukraine, U.S. Says


U.S. ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow in March 2020.
U.S. ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow in March 2020.

A former U.S. Marine who last year was part of a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department said on July 25. Trevor Reed, who was imprisoned in Russia for nearly three years until he was exchanged for a Russian pilot in April 2022, was taken to Germany for medical care, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said. Reed was not acting on behalf of the U.S. government in Ukraine, Patel added. Reed was sentenced in Russia in 2020 after being convicted of assaulting two Russian police officers in 2019. To read the original story by AP, click here.

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