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Nov 2, 2024 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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1/ US citizen Daniel Martindale, who has disclosed that he spied on Ukraine for Russia for two years, worked alongside German volunteers as an aid worker in frontline towns near Vuhledar and Pokrovsk. It's likely that he used this as cover to spy on the Ukrainian Armed Forces. ⬇️ Image
2/ Martindale's extraction by Russian forces was publicised in an announcement on 27 October by the military authorities in the 'Donetsk People's Republic'. He spoke in much more detail in a Moscow press conference on 2 November.
3/ The German news outlet t-online reports that German volunteers in the Vuhledar region recall Martindale working with them to deliver aid from the end of 2022. According to the volunteer, "he introduced himself to us as Daniel from Indiana."
4/ Martindale spoke very fluent German: "It was striking how well [he spoke German]. You could hear the slightly slurred accent, otherwise it was flawless." He also spoke Polish, Chinese, and Russian fluently.
5/ The German volunteer says that Martindale came under previous suspicion. According to a local partner, he repeatedly disappeared for short periods, and also when a US aid group was in the region. He is said to have travelled around with the Ukrainian military administration.
6/ Martindale was active in unloading and distributing aid supplies in Selydove near Pokrovsk and near Vuhledar, where the Russians say he gave them information that enabled them to capture Bohoiavlenka on 27 October. He was photographed helping the German volunteers.
7/ Martindale was "noticeably reticent about giving information about himself." However, the German volunteer says that secrecy is not unusual near the front and is in fact strongly recommended: "Our helpers do not introduce themselves there with their real names." /end
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