complicated things if he were to have fallen on to russian hands and it reenforces russia s claim that the u.s. is involved. you see how this is delicate. as you point out, trevor reed was detained for nearly three years in russia on an allegation that he d endangered a law enforcement officer so he was held there from about 2019 to april 2022 when he was released in a prisoner exchange for a russian cocaine smuggler. one of the reasons he went to fight in ukraine was because of how he was treated there and the oppression he saw while he was in detention. john? new developments with a new look at trevor reed as he was in ukraine fighting. not on behalf of the united states, there on his own, but a complicated matter to say the least. orrin lieberman, thank you very much. rahel? thank you. joining me now to discuss more is retired air force colonel and cnn military analyst cedric lee. colonel lee, always good to have you. let s start there, new details
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fighting on his own and not necessarily on behalf of the u.s., but we do see the patch there. does this at all complicate efforts to get home and other americans wrongfully detained in russia, evan gershkovich, does this complicate anything at all? i think it might and the possibility exists that the russians are going to say, look, we released these people as part of of a prisoner exchange and then all of a sudden they re back fighting against us, and that s, of course, something that the state department is very concerned about and the defense department is as well. it s very clear that trevor reed did this on his own. the united states does not have troops in ukraine and of course, they want to keep it that way for as long as they possibly can, but the other part of this story is that when russia and ukraine exchanged prisoners, of course, some of those prisoners, former prisoners come back to fight on the front lines almost immediately after they ve been released. so there are ce