U.S. journalist missing in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine, say local police
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 12:25 | 12 April 2024
- Modified Date: 12:25 | 12 April 2024
Russell Bentley, a U.S. national, is missing in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine, local police said on Friday, and a search is underway to try to find him.
Bentley, born in 1960, a self-declared supporter of Russian-backed forces in Ukraine whom Russian state media have described as a war correspondent, reportedly went missing on April 8, police in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region said in a statement.
The authorities did not provide details on his last known whereabouts or the circumstances surrounding his disappearance.
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