Source: Global Times New Media
According to the British "Daily Star", an American veteran left his middle-class lifestyle and yoga instructor girlfriend to go to Ukraine to help Russia fight.
Russell Bentley (screenshot of the report)
Russell Bentley, 61, known on the battlefield as "Turks," traveled to Donetsk to "kill Nazis," also known as Ukrainian militants. In early March, he quickly became popular after sharing a video of himself crossing the Donbass with Russian troops on the "front line."
In an interview with Newsweek, Bentley recounted his experience of traveling to this turbulent region: "I have a great job, I have a great girlfriend, I have a great life. I felt very comfortable. As a salesman, I earn $1,000 a week in cash. My girlfriend is a yoga instructor 20 years younger than me. ”
Before being awarded an honorable discharge, Bentley was an American engineer. He said: "You know, I'm going to Ukraine, I'm going to kill the Nazis who do it, I'm going to protect the people, I'm going to protect innocent civilians." ”
Before that, Bentley rode his motorcycle to Dallas, spent his last Thanksgiving with his family, then sold his motorcycle and flew to Moscow, then from Rostov to Donetsk, Ukraine. Within a week, he had joined vostok battalion, a Russian armed group operating in the Donbass region.
Bentley said he would not get involved in the current conflict unless forced to do so. "If the Ukrainians enter Donetsk, I will fight," he said. I have machine guns and a lot of bullets that I will use. I'm not afraid of being killed, but I know what would happen if I got caught, so it's not going to happen. ”
Bentley said "Ukraine needs some solutions" and That Russia would "help some people" and then "hand over Ukraine to the Ukrainians." Bentley said Putin's "special operations" took longer than expected because the Russian military needed to be careful not to kill innocent civilians.
In addition, Bentley accused Ukrainian President Zelenskiy of being a "puppet," adding: "He's an addict, literally, a goddamn addict." ”