INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A former United States Marine who spent more than two years in a Russian prison was injured fighting in Ukraine, the State Department said
Tuesday.Trevor Reed, who was released by Moscow in an April 2022 prisoner swap, has been sent to Germany for the treatment of unspecified
injuries incurred while fighting for Ukraine, said Vedant Patel, a State Department spokesman.Patel stressed that Reed "was not engaged in
transported to Germany with the help of a private, non-governmental organization and is currently receiving medical care.United States
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had no further information on Reed's condition or status but he warned American citizens against
heading to Ukraine."It underscores why we continue to call on Americans not to travel to Ukraine and not to fight there," he told a news
Whelan."My expectation is that even as we are dealing with all sorts of other challenges in our relationship with Russia, we will and we are
determined to continue to work to bring both Evan and Paul home," he said.Reed was a Texas university student in 2019 when he traveled to
Russia with his Russian girlfriend.He was arrested for assaulting Russian police officers while intoxicated and was sentenced to nine years
in prison.In April last year, Russia released him after the White House negotiated an exchange for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot
who was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a United States court on drug smuggling charges.White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
said the United States government has been "extraordinarily, extraordinarily explicit" in warning citizens "not to travel to Ukraine, let
Ukraine against Russian forces.Asked if the Reed episode could complicate United States efforts to procure the release of other Americans
