Russia jails soldiers who killed pro-Kremlin American

A court in Russian-controlled Ukraine sentenced four Russian soldiers to jail on Monday for the killing of an American communist who had fought with pro-Moscow forces since 2014.Moscow rarely punishes its soldiers in Ukraine for committing crimes, portraying them as national heroes at home.The court in Russian-held Donetsk found the soldiers guilty of beating Russell Bentley, 64, to death in April 2024, after they mistook him for a US saboteur.They then put his body in the back of a car and blew it up.Bentley known as