{"id":1524597,"date":"2022-06-20T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524597"},"modified":"2022-06-20T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T21:49:11","slug":"russian-state-media-releases-video-of-two-alabama-veterans-captured-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-state-media-releases-video-of-two-alabama-veterans-captured-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian State Media Releases Video Of Two Alabama Veterans Captured In Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-state-media-releases-video-of-two-alabama-veterans-captured-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524597&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two captured American <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/military\">military<\/a> veterans from Alabama were captured by pro-<a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\">Russia<\/a> forces in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh \u2014 who respectively served in the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-army\">Army<\/a> and the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/marines\">Marines<\/a> \u2014 were fighting alongside Ukrainians when their group \u201ccame under heavy fire in the northeastern Kharkiv region\u201d on June 9, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2022\/06\/russian-tv-shows-videos-of-2-alabama-military-veterans-captured-in-ukraine.html\">AL.com<\/a>. The pair traveled through the woods after they were separated from their colleagues and were subsequently captured by a Russian patrol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, I just want to let you know that I\u2019m alive and I hope to be back home as soon as I can be,\u201d Drueke said in a Telegram <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/corrkosarev\/703\">video<\/a> posted by RT, a Russian state-funded media outlet. \u201cSo, love Diesel for me. Love you,\u201d he said in reference to his dog.<\/p>\n<p>According to AL.com, Drueke used a key word and a gesture established by him and his mother ahead of a tour in Iraq so that she would know he was okay. \u201cUnmistakably under duress, but thank God they\u2019re alive,\u201d Bunny Drueke, Alex Drueke\u2019s mother, confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/missing-americans-ukraine-russia-alexander-drueke-andy-huynh-russia-video\/\">CBS News<\/a>. \u201cI was just relieved he looks not like he\u2019s been beaten or mistreated. That was really encouraging to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Huynh\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Joy Black, told CBS, \u201cThey missed their rendezvous point and that had been a few days prior. They\u2019ve gone and searched, they didn\u2019t find anything. And later I found out they\u2019d done drone searches and still found nothing no traces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/20\/world\/americans-missing-ukraine-donetsk-intl-hnk\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>\u00a0on Friday that they \u201chave seen the photos and videos of these two US citizens reportedly captured by Russia\u2019s military forces in Ukraine\u201d and were \u201cclosely monitoring the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in contact with Ukrainian authorities, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and with the families themselves,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cDue to privacy considerations, we have no further comment on these cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials acknowledged that Drueke and Huynh were being held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are soldiers of fortune,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told MSNBC, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/kremlin-says-american-basketball-player-griner-broke-law-faces-prosecution-ria-2022-06-20\/\">Reuters<\/a>. \u201cThey were involved in illegal activities on the territory of Ukraine. They were involved in firing at and shelling of our military personnel. They were endangering their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peskov remarked that the men were not part of the Ukrainian military and therefore not subject to protections under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-prisoners-war#:~:text=Prisoners%20of%20war%20must%20at,breach%20of%20the%20present%20Convention.\">Geneva Convention<\/a>, which says that captured soldiers cannot be subjected to physical mutilation or other inhumane treatment. \u201cAnd they should be held responsible for those crimes they have committed. Those crimes have to be investigated,\u201d he added. \u201cThe only thing that is clear is that they have committed crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a court in the pro-Russia Donetsk People\u2019s Republic sentenced two British citizens and one Moroccan national to death for working as \u201cmercenaries\u201d on behalf of Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/09\/europe\/foreigners-death-penalty-dpr-ukraine-russia-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Though the United States has not sent military personnel to fight in the conflict, the Biden administration has provided extensive supplies to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Last week, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-announces-another-massive-aid-package-to-ukraine\">vowed<\/a> another $1 billion in weapons and ammunition, as well as $225 million in humanitarian aid. The latest batch of supplies follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/peanut-butter-and-anchovies-pelosi-goes-biblical-to-pass-40b-ukraine-package\">$40 billion and $7 billion<\/a> packages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this gift to Ukraine passes, our total aid to Ukraine will almost equal the entire military budget of Russia,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-cannot-save-ukraine-by-dooming-the-u-s-economy-rand-paul-blocks-immediate-vote-on-billion-dollar-ukraine-package\">said<\/a> of the $40 billion provision last month. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not as if we have that money lying around, we will have to borrow that money from China to send it to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two captured American military veterans from Alabama were captured by pro-Russia forces in Ukraine. Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh \u2014 who respectively served in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marines \u2014 were fighting alongside Ukrainians when their group \u201ccame under heavy fire in the northeastern Kharkiv region\u201d on June 9, according to AL.com. 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