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what have these last few months been like for you? . to be honest with you, it s been the best few months of my life. i can t ever remember having as much fun and feeling as good as i do now. it s been incredible. well, we are all grateful that you are free. so mr. secretary, what do you think motives these americans to go fight the russians on behalf of ukraine? and as the former defense secretary, what is your message to any american thinking of doing that? well, i think for the folks that we know have gone over there, in many cases, they feel strongly about russia s illegal unprovoked invasion of ukraine. they want to help the ukrainians regain their freedom, and they feel very strongly about that. it s admirable in many ways. obviously in trevor reed s case, it s likely complicated by the fact that he has sore feelings about moscow for good reason and
somewhat of a surprise that he wound up in ukraine. of course, there are estimates of several thousand americans fighting in ukraine on behalf of that government s behalf. but this is surprising. it complicates negotiations with regard to paul whelan and evan gershkovich, and why is that? it raises the value. it gives putin leverage to swap for some russian of greater value. it could put pressure on moscow from the far right in that country who say look, we swapped an american. clearly, he is an agent of the united states government. that s why i think washington is trying to make clear that he was over there on his own accord, as a private citizen, and in any type of relationship with the united states government in doing so. mr. secretary, i want you to watch and liver to what trevor reed told me last year about how he was doing after his release. listen to that. trevor, how are you doing personally?
reed. what are you learning, alex? well, wolf, let s start with what we do know. there is lots we re still trying to figure out. what we do know is former marine trevor reed was fighting here in ukraine. he was injured while he was fighting. we re told that he was then taken to the capital, kyiv for his first medical treatment, before he was sent then to germany. we understand an ngo which has not yet been identified helped trevor reed get to germany where he is being treated at the landstuhl military facility. he is still there currently being treated. but big questions still remain, wolf, where he was when he got injured, how he got injured specifically, how long he had been fighting in ukraine, and who he was fuguing with. so those questions still remain, wolf. we have to remind our viewers that trevor reed was held in russia for some three years
hard-won release from kremlin custody. also tonight, new questions about special counsel jack smith s grand jury schedule as a potential third indictment of donald trump looms. we ll explore why there are indications the panel did not meet today, as had been widely expected. and a fresh sign of the struggles for ron desantis and his presidential bid. the republican drastically cutting his campaign staff as he aims for a reset and subtraction against trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a former american prisoner of russia wounded on the battlefield in ukraine. let s go right to cnn s alex marquardt. he is in the ukraine war zone for us. he s got more on the revelations about marine veteran trevor
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