Russian telegram channels report that either russian or DPR soldiers killed an American citizen, military Z-blogger Russell Bentley, who was fighting on the side of russia. In the USA Bentley was convicted of drug smuggling and spent 5 years in prison. In 2014 he decided to come to Ukraine to "help" the russian army to "liberate Donbass". He took the callsign "Texas" and as part of the "Vostok" and "Khan" battalions he took part in combat operations against the Ukrainian army. Over time, he became a war correspondent, obtained russian citizenship, settled in Donetsk, and married a russian woman. His wife reported: "My husband was detained and continues to be illegally held by the military - tankers, from the 5th Brigade. Russell was brutally detained on April 8, 2024 near the Autobase in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk," she wrote. According to some public chats the American Z-blogger was detained by a group of heavily intoxicated Russian military officers who took him for an American spy (because of his accent) spying for NATO and kicked him to death. Russian authorities have not yet issued official comments regarding Bentley’s death.
@Gerashchenko_en This makes me very happy. There's nothing more un-American than fighting for Russia.
@Gerashchenko_en I wonder why those people who accused Ukraine of killing Lira are so quiet about Nazi Russia murdered "American journalist". x.com/robertc4355650…
@Gerashchenko_en I wonder why those people who accused Ukraine of killing Lira are so quiet about Nazi Russia murdered "American journalist". x.com/robertc4355650…
@Gerashchenko_en Dude. Ukraine killed an American journalist in a Ukrainian prison. And you killed ‘TEXAS’ too!!!
@Gerashchenko_en A lesson for similar types of traitors to America.
@Gerashchenko_en You're a separatist in Donbas. You think an American volunteer in your unit might possibly be a NATO spy. What's the appropriate course of action for you?
@Gerashchenko_en They also reportedly raped him