Video released by Russian state TV they say shows former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed being escorted to a plane in Moscow, as he was released in a prisoner exchange. He is set to return home to the United States.
Russia and the United States have carried out a prisoner exchange trading Marine veteran Trevor Reed for a convicted Russian drug trafficker.LONDON -- Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who had been held in a Russian prison, has been released as part of an international prisoner exchange, according to statements from the White House and Russia's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
“His safe return is a testament to the priority my Administration places on bringing home Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad," he said."We won’t stop until Paul Whelan and others join Trevor in the loving arms of family and friends."Russian state media aired video of Reed at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow on Wednesday.
"He said it was like a movie -- they walked past each other like in a spy swap," Joey Reed said."Our understanding is the next time Trevor steps off the plane he will be in America."
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