INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court has sentenced ex-United States 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
Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, announced it collected evidence that Reed had traveled to Ukraine and joined the
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 United States of direct
involvement in its war with Ukraine, while Washington warns its citizens to avoid traveling to Ukraine and joining its military.
