A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, imprisoned in Russia for three years before the U.S. government secured his release, had quietly joined the war effort in Ukraine and recently sustained serious battlefield wounds, the State Department said Tuesday.
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, imprisoned in Russia for three years before the U.S. government secured his release through extensive negotiations with Moscow, had quietly joined the war effort in Ukraine and recently sustained serious battlefield wounds, the State Department said Tuesday.
Reed was transported to a hospital in Germany, Patel said, adding that the evacuation from Ukraine was performed with support from a nongovernmental organization. It was not immediately clear where in Germany Reed was taken or who precisely was responsible for getting him out of the war-torn country.Reed was convicted by a Russian court in 2020 after being accused the year before of attacking police officers during a night of drinking. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Efforts to secure his release took on new urgency following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with his familyand citing Reed’s failing health. A deal was reached in April of that year, with the Biden administration agreeing to exchange a former Russian pilot serving time in federal prison for a drug trafficking conviction.
The nature of Reed’s injuries remain unclear. Jonathan Franks, a spokesperson for Reed’s family, declined to comment. The Messenger, a news site,A senior U.S. defense official familiar with the issue said that, in the Pentagon, some people are angry at Reed and believe he squandered his release from Russian detention. Others are indifferent, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations.
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