[HIGHLIGHTS] Jean-Pierre: The White House is determined to return the Americans Whelan and Hershkovich to the United States

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the United States does not comment on the possibility of exchanging Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. She said that Washington is interacting with Moscow "through all available channels" to achieve the release of both convicts.

Earlier, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan offered to exchange PaulWhelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza * and WSJ journalist Evan Hershkovic for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.