"From 2014-15 in Donbas, Lancaster worked as a cameraman for British journalist Graham Phillips. Phillips has later been highly critical of Lancaster, writing in 2022 that Lancaster is an 'illiterate, grifting charlatan, with a journalistic acumen and ability lower than a potted plant.'[2]"
These qualities are apparently resume enhancements when applying to serve the likes of Putin.
Also from Wiki:
“Lancaster’s videos have frequently, inadvertently, exposed information of Russian war crimes, revealing locations, identities of perpetrators, and sensitive Russian military information. The information accidentally exposed by Lancaster has been successfully used by Ukrainian and western agencies against Russia.”
So even though he’s a Quisling he’s doing quite a bit to help the Ukrainians kill more Russians and that’s awfully nice of him!
The communist soldier using charity sites to fund his war
EXCERPTS:
Fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, as pro-Russian separatists battle Ukrainian government forces. More than 10,000 people have died since the conflict erupted in April 2014, and recently a rebel leader declared a state called "Malorossiya" (Little Russia) in Donetsk.
Among the separatists are a number of Westerners, drawn to the country by the conflict and financing their adventures using charity crowdfunding websites - sometimes in apparent violation of website rules and Ukrainian laws.
One of the most prominent is Russell Bentley, a Texas native who describes himself as a pro-Russian communist.
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Bentley . . . works, he says, as an "information warrior" - producing regular pro-separatist propaganda videos on the Ukrainian war.
Bentley is affiliated with the Essence of Time movement - a Russia-based communist group which seeks to create "USSR 2.0", involving the break-up of Ukraine. Bentley's videos are hosted on the group's YouTube page, which has 25,000 subscribers.