US embassy pushing Kremlin to reveal location of veterans captured in Ukraine

Alexander Drueke's mother said her son and the other former soldier should be treated according to the Geneva convention

The US embassy in Russia this week was pressing the Kremlin to reveal the whereabouts of two Alabama men captured in Ukraine while defending the country from Russian invaders, according to the mother of one of the taken Americans.

Lois Bunny" Drueke also said late Wednesday that her son, Alexander Drueke, and the other captured US military veteran, Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, were not mercenaries but volunteers, pushing back on statements from a Kremlin spokesperson who said the American pair are facing execution.