A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk sentenced four Russian soldiers to prison terms ranging from 1.5 to 12 years on Dec. 8 for the torture and murder of American fighter Russell Bentley in April 2024.
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Court sentenced four Russian soldiers on Dec. 8 for murder of Russell Bentley
Vansyatsky and Iordanov sentenced to 12 years, Agaltsev to 11 years, Bazhin to 1.5 years
All four soldiers pleaded guilty
Bentley was tortured to death on April 8, 2024
The US continues to insist in the negotiations that Ukraine should agree to hand over the rest of the Donetsk region, which is not yet under occupation, to Russian control
The Americans insist that Ukraine must leave Donbas one way or another
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