Russell Bentley, 64, reported killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk by Russian state media and confirmed by his battalion
  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
    271·
    2 months ago

    On a Telegram channel previously run by him, Bentley’s wife, Lyudmila, said he had been “abducted” by Russian soldiers from a tank battalion, and called on them to let him go.

    The self-declared communist joined pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine to fight Kyiv in 2014. He later also worked for the state-owned Russian news agency Sputnik and was given Russian nationality.

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    • cygnus@lemmy.ca
      106·
      2 months ago

      The self-declared communist joined pro-Moscow separatists

      Horseshoe theory strikes again!