elated, spoke to cnn s brianna keilar. as soon as trevor was released, we were on the phone with trevor when the president called. so and he, again, totally gracious and wonderful and kind and said he looked forward to seeing us in the white house again. so and tell us how trevor is feeling. tell us what he said about this. he sounds kind of subdued. i think he s a little overwhelmed. he seemed to be in shock a little bit. they had moved him to another prison. they moved him to a moscow prison this week. we didn t know that. went to the same prison that i think paul wheewhelan was held for a long time. they flew him from there to turkey and then trevor quickly told us that the american plane pulled up next to the russian plane and they walked both prisoners across at the same time like you see in the movies. in turkey? in turkey. and then they were leaving turkey and in the air when he called us and told us this. so they re en route back to we believe to t
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota, trevor reed has been released by russia in a prison swap. reed, a former marine is reportedly on a plane to the u.s. as we speak. russian state tv broadcast the exchange of reed for a convicted drug smuggler. you can see it here on your screen. this took place on a tarmac in turkey. the 30-year-old former marine has been held in russia since 2019. this afternoon, reed s parents spoke to reporters from their home in texas. finally after waiting all this time i m going to be able to hug my kid, put my arms around him. the biggest issue is his health. if you ve seen any of the videos today of him getting out of the fsb van to get into the fsb jet he looks terrible to us. as his parents, we know he does not look well. he s very thin. he was walking strange. they had to help him get into the airplane. he didn t look good. on the battlefield, parts of eastern ukraine continue to
there s increased security in with what s being called anti terror measures. the m4 which links the russian capital with cities in south, such as rostov, is closed because of a military convey that is moving along it. the kremlin has called for prigozhin s arrest with top russian generals telling wagner forces to stand down and the russian president vladimir putin has given a tv address and said russia is facing a betrayal. here s mr putin s television address to the russian nation. translation: any actions that split us are a betrayal of your people, a betrayal of the comrades that are fighting on the front line, a knife in the back of our people. this struck russia in 1917, when russia was waging the first world war, victory was stolen from us. politicking behind the back of the army and the people turned into huge upheaval, the destruction of the army and the state. the loss of huge territories. as a result, it was tragedy, russian killing russians, civil war. and benefit