ABC News(KYIV, Ukraine) Suedi Murekezi, an American who was freed from Russian-controlled territory on Wednesday, said he has since been in contact with U.S. officials. Murekezi told ABC News on Thursday that he's in Kyiv and "going through the protocol" of being debriefed and is in contact with U.S. and Ukrainian officials. He said he has spoken to his family and they're really happy he's out of Russian-controlled territory. He is not sure how long it will be until he can travel home to Minnesota. Suedi had been arrested by the Russian-controlled authorities and spent weeks in a basement. He also spent three months in a prison in Donetsk city. He was later released by the Russians, but he was without his U.S. passport and was effectively trapped in Russian-controlled territory, living in the main city of Donetsk. In an exclusive interview with ABC News on Wednesday, just minutes after he was rescued from Russian-occupied territory in a swap, Murekezi said th
As part of another exchange of prisoners, 64 soldiers of the Armed Forces who fought in Donetsk and Luhansk directions, as well as a U.S. citizen who helped the Ukrainians, are returning home, Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak has said.
Ukraine has secured the release of a US citizen and 64 Ukrainian soldiers in a prisoner swap with Russia, the Ukrainian presidency’s chief of staff said Wednesday. Earlier in the day, there were multiple…