That guy has been a Russian propagandist for years. If you have been following his “reporting” then you can’t miss how all his lies (like his crazy MH-17 stories) get exposed in time. He lives and moves together with the Russian military and their “deniable” mercenaries just putting out ridiculous Russian propaganda.
You really have to work hard to get fooled by him.
Patrick is apparently aligned with the DPR militia which tries to defend the area from the Azov battalion and other neo-Nazi groups mainly using weapons and equipment it receives from Ukrainian Army deserters.
There is no proof that Russian soldiers were assisting residents in the Donbass against the Ukrop surreptitiously. But since when does a lack of evidence stop the pro-Ukrainians here from insinuating otherwise? It’s the textbook definition of propaganda and Ukraine has been putting it out nonstop since February.