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Russell Bentley was abducted while filming the aftermath of a Ukrainian artillery strike in Donetsk's Petrovsky District.

Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Russell Bentley (person) Petrovsky District (location) Avtobazivska Street (location) Russia (organization) Tonenke (location) Ai-Petri SV (weapon_system) Petro Poroshenko (person) Kremlin forces (organization) FAB-500M-62 glide bomb (weapon_system) Su-34 fighter bomber (weapon_system) 24th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) 47th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) 115th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) 59th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) 25th Airborne Brigade (military_unit) Novokalynove (location) Ocheretyne (location) Chasiv Yar (location) 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade (military_unit) Klishchiivka (location) UAZ Bukhanka (weapon_system) Russia's 5th Brigade (military_unit) Bilohorivka (location) Spirne (location) Vyimka (location) Fedorivka (location) Rozdolivka (location) Vesele (location) Bohdanivka (location) Ivanivske (location) Andriivka (location) Pervomaiske (location) Nevelske (location) Netailove (location) Krasnohorivka (location) Pobieda (location) Novomykhailivka (location) Holy Mountains National Nature Park (location) Selydove (location) Ukraine Defence Forces (organization) Russian occupation forces (organization) Vadym Filashkin (person) Russian forces (organization) Ukrainian armed forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Bentley was abducted while filming the aftermath of a Ukrainian artillery strike in Donetsk's Petrovsky District

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

Bentley was supposedly detained when he was filming the aftermath of a strike on a military unit on Avtobazivska Street

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian attack killed one civilian in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast on April 8

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Extracted: 2026-02-18T21:09:31.879Z

Source story: 39296