Russell Bentley
Rostov on Don, Russian Federation
"Poets make the best Warriors, and Warriors make the best Poets"...
I am a war correspondent and human aid volunteer in the Donetsk People's Republic. In December, 2014, I came to Donetsk to defend the ethnic Russian people in Donbass against the neo-nazi regime illegally installed in Kiev. I served as a frontline soldier with the Essence of Time combat unit, defending the Iverskey Monastery near the Donetsk airport and later in the village of Spartak. Now I am writing a book about my experiences here. My journalism and human aid work continues...