An American who spent three years behind bars in Russia before being released in a prisoner exchange has been convicted in absentia for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine

Stephen Hubbard, 72, is the first U.S. citizen known to have been convicted for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

Stephen Hubbard, who moved to Ukraine in 2014, was captured by Russian soldiers in Izyum in April 2022, and was charged with serving in a territorial defense unit.

A 72-year-old American man was sentenced Monday to nearly seven years in Russian prison after he was accused of fighting for Ukraine. Stephen Hubbard pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to six years and 10 months behind bars, according to Russian state media.

Trevor Reed was sentenced in absentia by a Russian court to 14-and-a-half years in prison. He was injured fighting in Ukraine in 2023.

A Russian court delivered an in absentia verdict on Wednesday in the case of Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine, sentencing him to 14.5 years in prison for his involvement in combat actions on the side of Ukraine.

On Wednesday, a Russian court issued an in absentia verdict in the case of Trevor Reed, a former US Marine. He has been sentenced to 14.5 years in prison for participating in combat activities on the side of Ukraine.

U.S. Marine Trevor Reed to 14 and a half years in absentia on charges of fighting against Russia in Ukraine as a mercenary, authoritiessaid Wednesday. Reed was previously in 2020 sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on charges of assaulting a police officer while drunk at a Moscow party.

A Russian court on Wednesday found Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine who was freed by Russia in a 2022 prisoner swap, guilty in absentia of serving as