Two Alabama veterans who have been held captive in Russia since June have now been released, a family member of one of the men confirmed to CBS 42 Wednesday. Back in June, Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh were captured by Russian forces while they were volunteering with a Ukrainian army unit in Kharviv. Drueke, of Tuscaloosa, and Huynh, of Trinity, are believed to have been the first two American prisoners of war since the Russian conflict in Ukraine.

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Three men captured while fighting with Ukraine's military are among the five released.

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Russia has released U.S. citizens Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, in a prisoner exchange brokered by Saudi Arabia, a family representative told Reuters on Wednesday. 

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces were among 10 prisoners, including five British nationals, released by Russian-backed

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Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh, two military veterans from Alabama who were captured while fighting in Ukraine, are now free, their families said.

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LONDON (Reuters) -Russia has released U.S. citizens Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, in a prisoner exchange brokered by Saudi Arabia, a family representative told Reuters on Wednesday. Read full story

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Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia.

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Relatives say two U.S. military veterans who went missing while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity. The families of 39-year-old Alex Drueke and 27-year-old Andy Huynh announced their release in a joint statement Wednesday. The two men went to help Ukrainian forces and became friends because both are from Alabama. They went missing after their unit came under heav…

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Two Americans captured by Russian forces after volunteering to fight for Ukraine have been released.

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