natasha? yeah, john. sources are calling jake tapper that former marine trevor reed is expected to make a full recovery after fighting in ukraine and being injured on the battlefield there. we are learning a little bit more about how this played out. he was apparently wounded by shrapnel, and he was taken to a hospital in kyiv and later transported out of the country by two ngos. medicare hubs kyiv which is a german ngo and ukraine which is an israeli ngo. the source close to reed also told our jake tapper that reed actually first went to ukraine back in november of 2022, and he was motivated to fight alongside ukrainian forces because of what he experienced what he was in russian captivity. now recall that reed was detained by the russians, wrongfully detained according to the u.s. and he was released as part of a prisoner swap in april of 2022. so he went back recently to fight with the ukrainians and he and his unit had apparently been
very reed s unit of anian soldiers had pushed back r forces and recaptured land near bakhmut when he was hit in both legs by shrapnel. he s recuperating at a hospital in germany and hopes to be home soon. he was motivated to fight alongside ukrainian soldiers after seeing the depth of russian oppression firsthand when he spent three years in a russian prison. he was released in april of 2022 in a high profile prisoner swap. now to our national lead, testimony on capitol hill from three retired u.s. military veterans claim about what they claim is a threat from unidentified anonymous phenomenon, other wise known as ufos to most of us. you re talking something going into space, go someplace and drop down in a matter of seconds and do whatever it wants and leave. and there is nothing we could do
prisoner swap. cnn s natasha bertrand has been covering from the pentagon. natasha, do we know the severity of reid s injuries? reporter: jim, we don t yet know trevor reid s status at this point. what his condition actually is. all we know at this point is that he was injured fighting in ukraine and he was transported to a hospital in kyiv and since then, he has actually been medically evacuated out and into germany. we still don t know just what condition he is in, but remember, trevor reid was released from russian custody in april of 2022, so he has been out for about a year now after being wrongfully detained in russia for nearly three years. he was arrested in russia in 2019 and the russians actually made him spend or said he was going to spend nine years in prison before the u.s. engaged in a prisoner swap with the russians for a convicted drug smuggler, konstantin urashenco.
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before being exchanged for a russian prisoner. according to the biden administration, he was being wrongfully detained. he was returned to the u.s. last year, 2022. the biden administration is aware that reed was fighting in ukraine, and that he was injured. wolf? alex marquardt in odesa ukraine for us, alex, thank you. let s go to cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand. she is over at the pentagon monitoring all these developments. what are administration officials, natasha, saying about trevor reed? wolf, administration officials are emphasizing that trevor reed was a private citizen acting in his private capacity when he was injured fighting in ukraine. and they re reiterating that no u.s. citizen should travel to ukraine at all, let alone to participate in the fighting. this is kind of an awkward situation for the biden administration. as alex mentioned, trevor reed was secured. his relief was secured by the u.s. in a prisoner swap in april of 2022 where the u.s. trade