conversation. i know there is one piece of equipment that experts say is really critical to have on hand. yes, lester, a defibrillator or aeb that shocks a heart back into rhythm can be a life-saver. doctors encourage parents to ask their child s school or athletic facility if they have an emergency action plan in writing that includes a defibrillator. lester? kaylee hartung, thank you. also developing tonight, trevor reed, the former u.s. marine held by russia for three years and released in a prisoner swap has been wounded while fighting in ukraine. peter aldeg this story for us. peter, what more do we know? reporter: lester, the state department tonight says that trevor reed was recently injured while fighting in ukraine, as you note. he has since been taken by an ngo, a private nonprofit group to a military hospital in germany. but his injuries remain unclear. reed spent nearly three years detained in russia before he was released as part of a prisoner exchange last year. t
reed was not in ukraine on behalf of the u.s. government. they have repeatedly warned americans not to travel there and tonight a u.s. official tells me that they are extremely concerned about the impact reed s actions could have on the u.s. government s ability to bring home american journalist evan gershkovich and former marine paul whelan, both still detained in russia. reed was swapped out last year for a russian pilot convicted of smuggling cocaine into the u.s. lester, his family has declined to comment tonight. peter alexander at the white house, thank you, peter. the pentagon said today that a russian fighter jet damaged an unmanned american drone flying over syria. it happened sunday when the russian jet fired flares at the drone, damaging a propeller. the military says it s the latest instance of russian fighter jets harassing u.s. drones flying on anti-isis missions over syria. tonight a potentially crippling strike by ups workers has been averted after the company and