{"id":74161,"date":"2022-03-14T19:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T19:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/14\/war-in-ukraine-complicates-path-home-for-american-detainees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:00:12","slug":"war-in-ukraine-complicates-path-home-for-american-detainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2022\/03\/14\/war-in-ukraine-complicates-path-home-for-american-detainees\/","title":{"rendered":"War in Ukraine complicates path home for American detainees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The already challenging path to bringing home <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/02\/18\/families-of-american-captives-frustrated-with-justice-deptartment\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. citizens jailed in Russia and Ukraine<\/a> is even more complicated now with a war overwhelming the region and increasingly hostile relations between the United States and the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine veterans Trevor Reed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/15\/marine-veteran-paul-whelan-sentenced-to-16-years-in-russia-on-spying-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Whelan<\/a> each are serving lengthy prison sentences in Russia. The families of Reed and Whelan have long held out hope for a deal \u2014 including a possible prisoner exchange \u2014 that could get their loved ones home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, though, that seems a much harder ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t help but think that this is not going to help Trevor get released sooner, obviously,\u201d Reed\u2019s mother, Paula Reed, said in an interview with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/02\/18\/families-of-american-captives-frustrated-with-justice-deptartment\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22047677830391.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Families of American captives frustrated with Justice Department<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Among those Americans held by foreign governments is Trevor Reed, a Marine veteran who was sentenced in Russia to nine years on charges he assaulted a police officer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war with Ukraine has led to punishing economic sanctions on Russia by the U.S., and escalating Russian aggression in the face of international condemnation over its invasion. Though the conflict has not closed off avenues for bringing home Reed and Whelan, the prospect of concessions by either side anytime soon is eclipsed by the likelihood of continued antagonism from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf this becomes long and drawn out, and they take over Ukraine, then the Western countries and the United States are going to be at odds with Russia for a long time,\u201d said Reed\u2019s father, Joey Reed. \u201cThat could lead to additional charges against our son, if he lives, and keep him there indefinitely, which is not uncommon in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The father said he was particularly concerned about a loss of communications between the two superpowers that could foreclose any possibility of the U.S. government getting him home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been told that even during the Cold War, they kept channels open,\u201d Reed said. \u201cAnyone that\u2019s advocating for closing embassies and cutting them off, that\u2019s a gigantic mistake when two major nuclear powers are not speaking and are at odds with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department principal deputy press spokeswoman Jalina Porter, asked by the AP March 3 about how the war affected the cases, said only that the administration\u2019s top priority is the \u201csafety and security of all Americans,\u201d including Reed and Whelan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is something that the secretary works on day in and day out,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reed, who is from Texas, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2020 on charges that he assaulted police officers who were driving him to a police station after picking him up following a night of heavy drinking at a party. He has struggled with health issues behind bars, most recently coughing up blood, his father said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reed is regarded by the U.S. government as a wrongful detainee, as is Whelan, a Michigan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/09\/16\/release-of-marine-veteran-jailed-as-spy-in-russia-called-for-by-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">corporate security executive<\/a> sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in prison on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/01\/22\/lawyer-former-marine-and-suspected-us-spy-did-not-know-he-had-classified-docs-on-him\/\" target=\"_blank\">espionage-related charges<\/a> that his family says are entirely bogus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19144388647674.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Whelan\" class=\"wp-image-41828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19144388647674.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19144388647674.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19144388647674.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19144388647674.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, who was arrested in Moscow at the end of last year, waits for a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 24, 2019. The American was detained at the end of December for alleged spying. (Pavel Golovkin\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whelan\u2019s sister, Elizabeth, said she\u2019s been \u201cdoom-scrolling\u201d news about the war on Twitter like everyone else, concerned about the impact of the war on her brother and the possibility of another \u201cIron Curtain\u201d falling in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said she hopes the U.S. can use the conflict as a fresh opportunity to press for the release of Reed and Whelan by making it a condition of any lifting of the sanctions against Russia, though it is not clear that would happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t imagine that all of these oligarchs whose families are now being affected, whose assets and goods are now being affected, wouldn\u2019t consider the release of Paul and Trevor a very small price to pay in order to get some relief themselves,\u201d Whelan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine, meanwhile, is holding North Dakota farmer Kurt Groszhans, accused in a plot to assassinate a current member of the country\u2019s political cabinet. His family and supporters say the charges are trumped up, and were designed to silence Groszhan\u2019s own allegations of government corruption in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the State Department said in February that it was evacuating almost all of its staff from the embassy in Kyiv and would maintain a small consular presence elsewhere, Kristi Magnusson, Groszhan\u2019s sister, said there is \u201cno longer any way\u201d for U.S. officials there to check on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magnusson said in a statement provided to AP she was concerned that the State Department was not \u201cadvocating for his release because it would be inferring that Ukraine is engaged in corrupt activities right at a time when State is focused on being as supportive as possible of Ukraine against the Russians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe support the Ukrainian people against Russia as well, but our brother is a sitting duck in that prison and we need him to be released so at least he can try to survive on his own,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike Reed and Whelan, the U.S. has not currently designated Groszhans as a wrongful detainee. 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