A Russian general dies in a drone strike near Krasnohorivka—but the shadow he leaves behind is darker than the battlefield. This episode investigates allegations that Major General Pavel Klimenko’s 5th Brigade ran a network of illegal detention sites in Donetsk—cellars and the Petrovskaya mine—where Russian soldiers were tortured, extorted, and forced into “meat assaults.” We also examine the murder case of American volunteer and war reporter Russell “Texas” Bentley, for which several Russian servicemen now face trial. Content warning: torture, unlawful detention, murder.
A Russian general dies in a drone strike near Krasnohorivka—but the shadow he leaves behind is darker than the battlefield. This episode investigates allegations that Major General Pavel Klimenko’s 5th Brigade ran a network of illegal detention sites in Donetsk—cellars and the Petrovskaya mine—where Russian soldiers were tortured, extorted, and forced into “meat assaults.” We also examine the murder case of American volunteer and war reporter Russell “Texas” Bentley, for which several Russian servicemen now face trial.
Content warning: torture, unlawful detention, murder.