US state department spoke by phone to veteran captured in Ukraine, family says

Alexander Drueke told the state department that he is OK, receiving food and water and has shelter', Dianna Shaw, his aunt, said

The US state department has spoken by telephone to an Alabama man who was recently captured in Ukraine while voluntarily helping the country's armed forces fight Russian invaders, according to his family.

Alexander Drueke told the state department that he is OK, receiving food and water and has shelter and bedding", Dianna Shaw, his aunt, said late on Monday. He was also able to send a direct communication to his family," Shaw said.