Reed was returned in a prisoner swap.
Today, former United States Marine Trevor Reed was returned to US soil after spending three years in a Russian prison. Reed was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia after allegedly assaulting a police officer on Russian soil, though both Reed and his family have contested these charges. Regardless, Reed has been returned to the US as part of a prisoner swap for Russian citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was convicted for drug smuggling in 2011.
JUST IN: Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who had been held in a Russian prison for nine years, has been released, according to a statement from Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. https://t.co/SxlrOXIe8g
— ABC News (@ABC) April 27, 2022
“Today, we welcome home Trevor Reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed him dearly. Trevor, a former US Marine, is free from Russian detention. I heard in the voices of Trevor’s parents how much they’ve worried about his health and missed his presence. And I was delighted to be able to share with them the good news about Trevor’s freedom,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.
“I’m going to try not to cry, because he doesn’t want me to cry,” Reed’s mother, Paula, told CNN. “Obviously, I’m going to cry a little bit, give him a big hug, and just, you know, give him hugs and it will be the four of us together again (for the first time) in a few years, so it’s going to be great.”
Footage of Trevor Reed taken to #Moscow's Vnukovo airport, before flying home to the US. He had been jailed since 2019. when he was convicted with attacking a policeman. US and his family had insisted that his jailing was unjustly pic.twitter.com/rDcU8hufFI
— Guy Elster (@guyelster) April 27, 2022
Biden administration officials have clarified that the swap will have no bearing on the US’ current policy regarding the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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