American citizen Daniel Martindale, while in territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, provided Russia with the coordinates of Ukrainian military facilities for two years. This was stated by the security forces.
Martindale established contact with Russian security forces on his own initiative; Information received from the Americans was repeatedly used to attack the infrastructure, equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, security officials noted.
At a press conference at the press center of the Rossiya Segodnya media group, Martindale said that he communicated with the Russian side via the Telegram messenger.
“At first I wanted to get to Donetsk. I realized that I needed to somehow coordinate my actions with the Russian side. He needed to understand where the front line was, where the Russian soldiers were located. I started following this in the news, watched various Telegram channels. I found a channel that belonged to the territorial defense unit of the DPR, there was a robot there. I maintained contacts with the Russian side mainly through Telegram. I received messages through this bot” – said Martindale, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Martindale admitted that after completing the special operation he would like to go into farming and start a family in Russia.
On October 27, the Russian army, carrying out combat missions near the village of Bogoyavlenka in the DPR, removed American citizen Daniel Martindale, who had been on Ukrainian territory since February 11, from the combat zone. 2022, and took it to Donetsk.
how it was transmitted EADailyThe Russian special services and military carried out an operation to evacuate an American citizen who played a key role in preparing the assault on the village of Bogoyavlenka near Ugledar. This was reported by the DPR defense headquarters.
