Russian media: American pro-Kremlin fighter, propagandist killed in Donetsk Oblast
Russell Bentley, a pro-Kremlin American man who fought against Ukraine in 2014, was killed in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan claimed on Telegram on April 19. Bentley had previously been reported as missing. Simonyan did not provide any details on his death, and the Kyiv Independent cannot verify the news.