“We are in contact with the Ukrainian government,” he said at a briefing.
According to Price, the United States has not yet contacted Russia on this issue.
“We have not seen anything from the Russians that would confirm that they (US citizens. -
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) are in their custody,” he added.
According to the British newspaper The Telegraph, two former US military personnel who took part in the hostilities in Ukraine were captured near Kharkov.
According to available information, we are talking about 39-year-old Alexander Dryuk and 27-year-old Andy Hune, who "served as volunteers."
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the United States has not yet contacted Moscow on this issue.