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Ex-US Marine Released By Russia In Prisoner Swap Injured While Fighting In Ukraine

Police officers escort US ex-marine Trevor Reed, charged with attacking police, into a courtroom prior to a hearing in Moscow on March 11, 2020. Alexander Nemenov/AFP  

Messenger: Freed in Russia Prisoner Swap, US Marine Injured Fighting in Ukraine (Exclusive)  

US officials are frustrated that Trevor Reed went to Ukraine after the efforts made to bring him home from Russia 

A Marine veteran who was freed from Russia in a 2022 prisoner exchange has volunteered to fight for Ukraine and is now asking for U.S. government help after sustaining injuries on the battlefield, The Messenger has learned. 

Trevor Reed was wounded after stepping on a landmine roughly two weeks ago, according to two U.S. military officials who were briefed on the events. Reed had spent more than two years in Russian custody before winning his freedom in April 2022. 

The officials, who spoke under condition of anonymity due to Defense Department regulations, said they did not know the extent of Reed’s injuries but said he had suffered shrapnel wounds from the explosion. One of the sources said Reed was being treated in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and had requested transfer to an American military facility in either Germany or Poland.  

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Update #1: Former US Marine who was released by Russia in prisoner swap injured while fighting in Ukraine (CNN)  

Update #2: Ex-US Marine released by Russia injured in Ukraine – CNN (RT)  

WNU Editor: From what I am reading on social media, Trevor Reed lost part of his leg.



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