INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court has sentenced ex-U.S
Marine Trevor Reed to 14 and a half years in absentia on charges of fighting against Russia in Ukraine as a mercenary, authoritiessaid
Wednesday.Reed was previously in 2020 sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on charges of assaulting a police officer while drunk at a
Russian court found Reed guilty of mercenary activities and handed him a prison sentence of 14 years and six months in absentia, according
to the Investigative Committee.The court issued an international arrest warrant for Reed, the investigative body said.Russia accuses the U.S
of direct involvement in its war with Ukraine, while Washington warns its citizens to avoid traveling to Ukraine and joining its military.A
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