Two US veterans released by Russian separatists land in NYC

Alex Drueke (L) and Andy Huynh, who went lacking close to the Russian border round June, arrive on the TWA Lodge on Sept. 23, 2022.
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Two US veterans who had been launched by Russian separatists as a part of a prisoner alternate are lastly again on American soil after touchdown in New York Metropolis on Friday.

Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh each disappeared three months in the past within the Kharkiv area in jap Ukraine whereas combating alongside Ukrainian troopers towards invading Russian forces.

The pair had been launched to the US embassy in Saudi Arabia earlier than lastly touching down at JFK Worldwide AIrport round midday.

Andy Huynh and Alex Drueke bonded over their shared house state of Alabama.

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“We’re wanting ahead to spending time with household and we’ll be in contact with the media quickly,” Drueke instructed the Related Press after arriving on the airport with Huynh. “Joyful to be house.”

Drueke, 40, and Huynh, 28, had traveled to Ukraine individually to volunteer to battle, however went lacking close to the Russian border round June 9 and bonded over their shared house state of Alabama.

They had been launched on Wednesday as a part of an alternate brokered by Saudi Arabia together with eight different prisoners from Morocco, the US, the UK, Sweden and Croatia.

Drueke’s mom and Huynh’s fiancée met the boys in New York, in keeping with a press release from the households, and are anticipated to move house to Alabama on Saturday.