The Russian security forces have taken out US citizen Daniel Martindale, who assisted the Russian armed forces, of the territory controlled by the Ukrainian military, the Russian law enforcement agencies told Sputnik at a press conference at the press center of the Sputnik news agency's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, on Saturday.

"On October 27, 2024, US citizen Daniel Martindale was taken out from the combat zone and delivered to Donetsk by Russian service people who were carrying out combat missions near the village of Bogoyavlenka [DPR]," the law enforcement forces said.

Martindale proactively established contact with Russian law enforcement agencies and for two years reported the coordinates of Ukrainian military facilities. The information received from Martindale was continuously used to inflict fire damage on infrastructure, equipment, and personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces.

The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) defense headquarters reported in late October that the US national played a key role in preparing the assault on the village of Bogoyavlenka in the Ugledar city region. The issue of granting Martindale political asylum and Russia citizenship was being resolved.

Martindale thanked Russian soldiers and special services for the operation to evacuate him, and he also noted that he stays in Moscow voluntarily; no one forces him to be here. Moreover, he expressed his desire to obtain Russian citizenship and does not want to return to the United States, as he considers Washington his enemy.

"I will say that it is a big thanks to the soldiers from the 29th Army of Eastern Russia that they have crossed the front line to come and get me... I should also put in a very good word for all the Russian special services who were involved in coordinating the whole effort, the whole operation," he said.

Speaking about Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, the speaker stated that Russia will win the conflict in any case.

"From my point of view, this [the events around Ukraine] is an attempt by America to contain Russia and prevent Russia from competing on equal terms with the United States," the US citizen said.

The SMO is a confrontation between two sides, where one side is "fighting for justice and the other side is only interested in advancing its financial and commercial interests". The US is not interested in the welfare of its own citizens, the citizens of other countries, or the welfare of its own soldiers, the speaker pointed out.

The US government is responsible for the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to Martindale.

"They [the US government] are responsible for the terrorist attacks of 2001. We, conservatives in the United States, initially understood that the government was our enemy. But when it declared war on its own citizens, that became a reason for us to turn against that government," he said, adding that the SMO is also a matter of Washington's continued fight against the whole world, against its citizens.

The conflict will end when the US decides it is no longer profitable for it to support Ukraine, he pointed out.

The Kiev government does not care about the population of Ukraine. The Ukrainians suffer from constant betrayal; they have to fight just for themselves and their safety. Many of them are waiting for liberation by the Russian army, but they have to hide it, the US citizen continued.

There is no other option but to completely disarm Ukraine. Kiev authorities should be tried, like the German war criminals. Ukrainian soldiers are being sent to certain death; the losses are enormous, Martindale emphasized.

"We have to realize that the Kiev government really is responsible for deaths, murders, torture, for kidnapping of hundreds of thousands of people," he explained.

Ukrainians are the same as Russians, according to the speaker.

"If it weren't for politics, I don't think there's any difference at all. I see that in terms of the character of these people, they are no different from Russians... They are just as open and friendly to each other," he noted.

Martindale admitted that he would like to farm and start a family in Russia when the conflict is over, and that he is also going to write a book.

"When the war is over and peace is restored, I would like to go back to farming. I would like to start a family in Russia. Perhaps to produce farm equipment for the Russian market, for the international market," he said.

The US national said that he had been in contact with his relatives a few days ago and that they were supportive, perhaps even jealous. If his family suffered any harm in the near future, it would be the US government's fault.

"I would like it to be proof that if anything does happen to me or my family in the near future, it's not because of any natural causes. It's because the American government probably is very interested at this point in putting pressure on me to reverse my position, to get me to come back to the United States and say that I did everything wrong," he said.

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