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Tankie goes to Ukraine to fight for Russia, gets tortured and executed by Russian tank crew (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Cryophilia@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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https://www.kyivpost.com/post/39296

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[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Bentley, a 64-year-old self-identified communist from Dallas, Texas, joined pro-Russian separatists in 2014 to combat Ukrainian forces. He went missing in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in April and was subsequently discovered dead.

https://united24media.com/latest-news/american-pro-kremlin-fighter-russell-bentley-tortured-to-death-by-russian-soldiers-2477

[–] kevindqc@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why is a 64 year old going to war?

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t think he fought. He was a propaganda mascot. He was in a lot of early videos when Russia was invading. Surprised he wasn’t killed earlier when Ukraine was opening the whoop ass on the invading force s

[–] hate2bme@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I remember seeing him in a couple videos. The article says 2014 though.

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