{"id":23536,"date":"2022-06-17T16:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T21:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/?p=23536"},"modified":"2022-06-17T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T21:21:15","slug":"video-of-two-captured-americans-who-were-fighting-alongside-ukrainians-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/video-of-two-captured-americans-who-were-fighting-alongside-ukrainians-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Of Two Captured Americans Who Were Fighting Alongside Ukrainians Surfaces."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2711023.html\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2711049.html\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2709417.html\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/embed.js?id=6308029398112&#038;w=466&#038;h=263\"><\/script><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The family of one of three U.S. service members who have gone\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">missing in Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0believes he may have been captured following a clash with Russian forces in eastern Ukraine earlier this month.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>U.S. servicemen Alexander Drueke, 39, and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/family-american-missing-ukraine-young-man-big-heart\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Huynh, 27,\u00a0<\/a>were reported missing earlier this week following the June 9 skirmish with Russian forces, and the State Department announced Thursday that a third U.S. citizen is also nowhere to be found.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq and a Ukrainian Army volunteer, was part of a Ukrainian platoon that came under heavy fire on June 9 while holding a strategic position, and when the platoon dropped back, everyone was accounted for except Dureke and Huynh, Drueke&#8217;s family said in a statement to Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ground and drone surveys have not displayed any sign of Drueke thus far.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/AP22167620044412.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Alexander Drueke traveled to Ukraine to help with the fight against Russian invaders and was later reported missing.\u00a0\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alexander Drueke traveled to Ukraine to help with the fight against Russian invaders and was later reported missing.\u00a0\u00a0(Lois &#8220;Bacunny&#8221; Drueke\/Diane Williams)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/state-department-report-us-fighters-captured-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>STATE DEPARTMENT MONITORING REPORT OF US FIGHTERS CAPTURED IN UKRAINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;This could mean they are in hiding or it could mean they have been captured,&#8221; Drueke\u2019s mother, Bunny Drueke, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The last time she spoke to her son on the phone was June 5, and the last time she received a text was on June 8.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;[G]oing dark for almost all of tomorrow. Possibly the next day too,&#8221; his last text read, according to his family.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/AP22167620049662.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq and a Ukrainian Army volunteer, was part of a platoon that came under heavy fire on June 9.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq and a Ukrainian Army volunteer, was part of a platoon that came under heavy fire on June 9.\u00a0(U.S. military veteran Alexander Drueke of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Drueke)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On June 13, she received a text from another platoon member informing her of her son&#8217;s and the other missing U.S. serviceman&#8217;s disappearance.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-1-billion-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN ANNOUNCES $1.2B IN ADDITIONAL UKRAINE AID<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drueke left the U.S. in mid-April and entered Ukraine through Poland. He made contact with Ukrainian forces from there and helped train soldiers operating drones and other weaponry before being assigned to a platoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;When Russia invaded Ukraine, Alex immediately told me he wanted to go use his skills to train Ukrainians in how to operate American weaponry,&#8221; Bunny Drueke said. &#8220;He isn\u2019t married, he doesn\u2019t have kids, and he has the training and the experience. He felt it was his duty to help defend democracy, wherever needed.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/AP22155598176523.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Ukrainian emergency service personnel work outside a damaged building following shelling, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 4, 2022.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ukrainian emergency service personnel work outside a damaged building following shelling, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 4, 2022.\u00a0(Sofiia Bobok)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., have assisted the family in contacting the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\" target=\"_blank\">State Department<\/a>, U.S. Embassy of Ukraine and International Red Cross.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pentagon-putin-russia-ukraine-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>PENTAGON OFFICIAL: PUTIN LIKELY STILL WANTS &#8216;SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF UKRAINE, IF NOT THE WHOLE COUNTRY&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drueke will be 40 on June 24. He had been hiking the Appalachian Trail in early 2020 before it was shut down due to COVID-19 and had been living in rural West Alabama until leaving for Ukraine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Huynh, a former Marine, also reportedly traveled from his home state of Alabama to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/nato-germany-plan-defenses-europe-eastern-flank\" target=\"_blank\"><u>fight in Ukraine<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in April, has not been heard from since June 8 when he told his fiancee, Joy Black, that he would be unreachable for the next &#8220;few days.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/cbb158a2-AP22166760191198.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Andy Huynh hasn't been heard from in days according to relatives and are considering missing.\u00a0\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andy Huynh hasn&#8217;t been heard from in days according to relatives and are considering missing.\u00a0\u00a0(Jeronimo Nisa\/The Decatur Daily)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;He was telling me for a few days that \u2018I\u2019m going to be busy soon,'&#8221; Black previously told Fox News Digital.\u00a0&#8220;He didn\u2019t tell me what specifically because I don\u2019t think he wanted to worry me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The State Department told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that it was aware of unconfirmed reports of the two missing Americans. The Department is urging Americans not to travel to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State Department spokesman Ned Price said Friday that &#8220;there are reports of one additional American whose whereabouts are unknown,&#8221; but he could not &#8220;speak to the specifics of that case.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;We have not raised this yet with the Russian Federation. If we feel that such outreach through our embassy in Moscow or otherwise would be productive in terms of finding more information on the whereabouts of these individuals, we won&#8217;t hesitate to do that,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Fox News&#8217; Ronn Blitzer, Jacqui Heinrich, Caitlin McFall and Ashley Pappa contributed to this article report.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The family of one of three U.S. service members who have gone\u00a0missing in Ukraine\u00a0believes he may have been captured following a clash with Russian forces in eastern Ukraine earlier this month.\u00a0 U.S. servicemen Alexander Drueke, 39, and\u00a0Andy Huynh, 27,\u00a0were reported missing earlier this week following the June 9 skirmish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-news","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}