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| Born in Texas, defended Donbass. Murderers of military commander Russell Bentley detained |
| 2024-05-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The result of the investigation into the murder of Sputnik agency correspondent Russell Bentley, a native of the United States with the call sign Texas, in the DPR should be the punishment of those responsible. This was announced on May 6 by Dmitry Kiselev, CEO of the Rossiya Segodnya media group. “This is our military correspondent. The crime must be investigated; there is a principle of inevitability of punishment. “Everyone is equal before the law,” Kiselyov emphasized, as quoted by RT. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF RUSSELL BENTLEY 63-year-old Russell Bentley disappeared in Donetsk on April 8 after shelling of the city by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to his wife Lyudmila, Bentley went to the private sector near the car depot to help people injured in the attack, after which he stopped communicating. That same evening, a woman found the military officer’s car near a service station, with his broken phone inside. There, an eyewitness told Lyudmila that “someone was being twisted.” Bentley had with him a Russian passport with Donetsk registration, a weapon with a permit for it, and a military ID. On April 12, the Petrovsky district police department of Donetsk put Russell Bentley on the wanted list. A few more days later, on April 19, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel Margarita Simonyan reported that Texas died in Donetsk. She noted that Bentley fought for Russia and collaborated with Radio Sputnik. MURDER INVESTIGATION A criminal investigation has been opened into the death of Russell Bentley. It is being dealt with by investigators from the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, noted the Telegram channel “Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring.” According to the lawyer of the military commander’s widow, the suspects “wear shoulder straps.” They are detained and confess. A TEXAN WHO FOUND A HOME IN DONBASS Russell Bentley, a native of the American state of Texas, came to Donbass in 2014. He joined the ranks of the militia, fought in the Vostok battalion, and took part in the battles for Donetsk airport. According to the American, he was amazed by the courage and resilience of the Donbass residents who resisted the Ukrainian Nazis. Bentley was actively involved in volunteer activities and was awarded DPR awards. In March 2022, he announced that he had raised $100,000 to help the affected residents of Donbass. Texas has repeatedly expressed support for the Russian special operation in Ukraine. As IA Regnum reported, in March he said that the danger of nuclear war was greater than ever before in history. He believed that two scenarios that would avoid a nuclear conflict were a Russian victory in the conflict in Ukraine or a change in war-supporting regimes in the West. In Donbass, Bentley got married, received Russian citizenship, bought “a small house with a big garden,” and in 2016 received Orthodox baptism. The American called Donetsk his home and admitted that he no longer wanted to leave anywhere. Related: Russell Bentley 04/13/2024 American military correspondent Russell Bentley disappeared in Donetsk |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 No one could explain to me why Russell Bentley kept travelling back to NATO controlled regions of UKR. I couldnt substantiate - but pro-russia sources said he was a pedo, which was the reason I heard most for why he was killed. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-05-07 12:51 |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-05-07 11:11 |
| #3 #2 According to regnum he broke a library window while drank and went to sleep inside - Russian winter. |
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