Russell Bentley, 64, reported killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk by Russian state media and confirmed by his battalion

Russell Bentley, 64, reported killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk by Russian state media and confirmed by his battalion

A US citizen known to have fought with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine between 2014 and 2017 has been killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk, according to Russian media reports.

Russia-installed authorities in eastern Ukraine had earlier this month reported the American – 64-year-old Russell Bentley – as missing.

“Russell Bentley, known as ‘Texas’, a real American, truly from Texas, was killed in Donetsk,” Margarita Simonyan, head of the pro-Kremlin RT TV channel, said on social media.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    6•8 months ago

    That’s because anyone in Russia who isn’t a “pure” Russian is treated with suspicion and/or derision. This guy included.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】English
      1•8 months ago

      It’s a real police state. They make everyone a suspect and an informer.

      Do you report what you know, or wait for your neighbor to report you for not reporting what you knew?

      It’s Kafkaesque, and he came to a fitting end: “like a dog.”