He has been sent to Germany for the treatment of unspecified injuries, the US says. Read more at straitstimes.com.
was injured fighting in Ukraine, the State Department confirmed on Tuesday.
Mr Patel stressed that Mr Reed “was not engaged in any activities on behalf of the US government,” but had travelled to Ukraine to join the fight on his own. “We have been incredibly clear that travelling to Ukraine, choosing to participate in the fighting there, has a very real risk of capture, of death, of bodily harm, and that continues to be our assessment,” Mr Patel said.
He was arrested for assault on law enforcement officers after getting drunk, and was sentenced to nine years in prison.Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot and alleged drug smugglerWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the US government has been “extraordinarily, extraordinarily explicit” in warning citizens “not to travel to Ukraine, let alone participate in fighting.”
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