American "war correspondent" and "volunteer" Russell Bonner Bentley was abducted by russian tankers in occupied Donetsk. This was stated in a statement by his Donetsk wife, Lyudmila Bentley.
According to her, she "received reliable and confirmed information about the circumstances of her husband's disappearance". "My husband was taken and continues to be unlawfully detained by military personnel, tankers, from the 5th brigade", - the woman said.
"The information is solid and leaves no doubt", - she is sure.
She doesn't know why the russian Armed Forces abducted an American nicknamed "Texas", but she asks the russian authorities to "do everything possible to save... her husband".
Lyudmila Bentley asks the public in the occupied part of the Donetsk oblast and friends of "Texas" to address this issue "to the Office of the Head of the DNR, to the Administration of the president of the russian federation, to the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, to the Investigative Committee, FSB, Prosecutor General's Office, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs".
American "war correspondent" and "volunteer" Bentley went missing in occupied Donetsk on April 8. A native of the United States and a propagandist for the kremlin's media group, he has been involved in russian aggression against Ukraine since 2014. He obtained russian citizenship. Transitioning to propaganda work, Bentley settled in Donetsk and married a local woman.