Russian State TV Airs Videos of Two Missing Americans in Ukraine

A Russian state TV channel has ‘aired’ videos on social media of two Americans who went missing last week while fighting alongside the Ukrainian army, stating they had been captured by Russian forces.

United States President Joe Biden had said on Friday he did not know the ‘whereabouts’ of Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh, both US military veterans.

“Mom, I just want to let you know that I’m alive and I hope to be back home as soon as I can be,” Drueke said in a video posted by Russian journalist Roman Kosarev, who works with RT channel, on messaging platform Telegram.

The missing Americans, including a third identified as a former US Marines captain, are believed to be part of “an unknown number of mostly military veterans who have joined other foreigners to volunteer alongside Ukrainian troops.”

Aljazeera /Shakirat Sadiq