Paul Whelan

Paul Whelan

U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained in March at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

US says 'substantial offer' on the table for Russia to release detainees Griner, Whelan