U.S. Captives Surface in Russian Propaganda Videos

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BREAKING: Two of the American fighters thought to have been captured by Russian forces in Ukraine last week have suddenly surfaced in Russian propaganda videos, confirming their families’ worst fears that they’ve wound up in enemy hands.

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U.S. Captives Surface in Russian Propaganda Videos
Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were looking worse for wear in videos shared by Russian state media on Friday.
2:47 PM · Jun 17, 2022

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Two of the American fighters thought to have been captured by Russian forces in Ukraine last week have suddenly surfaced in Russian propaganda videos, confirming their families’ worst fears that they’ve wound up in enemy hands.

Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were seen looking worse for wear in videos shared by Russian state media on Friday. Though the two had officially joined Ukraine’s military as volunteers in the war, the Russian headlines described them as American “mercenaries.”

In what appears to be a heavily edited video released by Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, Huynh said he had been influenced by “propaganda” and “exaggerated facts” in the news before joining the war. He went on to deny reports of Russian troops killing civilians.

“When I came here, I discovered that that wasn’t the case,” he said.

While he spoke in English, the video featured a Russian voiceover that appeared to attribute quotes to Huynh that he could not be heard saying in the clip, such as that the “Western media” didn’t report on the Ukrainian military being “incompetent” and “corrupt.”

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1. looks like the media is gonna make this a big deal. meanwhile how many ukraine soldiers

werekilled today? nt