US citizen who fought with pro-Russian separatists reported dead in occupied Donetsk
Russell Bentley. Photo: VK A US citizen who fought for pro-Russian militias in Ukraine between 2014 and 2017 has died in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after his wife claimed he had been kidnapped by Russian soldiers, local pro-Kremlin sources reported on Friday evening. Russell Bentley, 64, was reported dead by his wife Lyudmila on Friday, the pro-Russian Donetsk News Agency said.