Donetsk: A Short Story

by Jeremy Nell, Jerm Warfare
March 23, 2022

Russell Bentley is an American soldier and war correspondent in Donetsk (eastern Ukraine).

He was on my podcast a few weeks ago.

Feeling moved by his story, I wanted to know what daily life is like there. I asked Russell if he wouldn’t mind taking a few random videos with his cellphone.

A day in the life, if you will.

Russell was happy to oblige, and sent me a collection of clips. In spite of being a cartoonist (and not a filmmaker), I turned his short videos into a short film.

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Fighting to Liberate Ukraine

by Jeremy Nell, Jerm Warfare
March 4, 2022

Russell “Texas” Bentley is a soldier and war correspondent in Donetsk (eastern Ukraine).

He has been in Donbass since December 2014, as a soldier in the Novorussian Army, serving with the Essence Of Time combat unit in Vostok, as well as with the XAH Battalions.

Russell is also an accredited war correspondent, providing factual news and counter-propaganda about the situation in Ukraine and the Ukrainian government’s war against Donbass. He is trying to expose the US-backed regime in Kiev. Russell is also the vice president of Donbass Humanitarian Aid, a fund which has helped hundreds of innocent victims of the war since 2015.

He joined me for a conversation about his story and how he arrived where he is, as well as what’s going on in Ukraine.