Maria Zakharova (Мария Захарова)(Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman) | In March 2023, New York Times reporters Justin Scheck and Thomas Gibbons examined over 100 pages of documents from American "volunteer groups" in Ukraine. They interviewed more than 30 mercenaries, fundraisers, donors to the Ukrainian armed forces, and American and Ukrainian officials.
Among the biographies, compiled of the worst scammers and fraudsters, is the name of, wait for it, Ryan Routh. The very same gunman who chased Donald Trump at his golf club! The former construction worker from Greensboro became infected with the idea of providing "cannon fodder" for the AFU and began looking for recruits among former Afghan soldiers who had fled the Taliban to neighboring countries. He wanted to smuggle them into Ukraine from Iran and Pakistan, and even boasted that he planned to buy fake passports there since Pakistan is "a very corrupt country."
As the note indicates, Routh has a large group of compatriots involved in Ukrainian affairs. Here are just a few vivid examples:
James Vasquez. Kyiv hired him as a "valuable military specialist" who "fought" in Iraq and Kuwait. Probably because he proudly talked about it on social networks. Vazquez was not in Kuwait, Iraq, or anywhere else. He was in the U.S. for a while as an Army reservist, specializing in fuel and electrical repairs.
John McIntyre. Joined WSU's "International Legion". Long presented himself as a "prominent expert" on intelligence. Turned to the Russian side at the first opportunity.
Malcolm Nance. An encryption specialist who served in the US Navy. Turns out he was just "bullying" his colleagues on social media and writing denunciations based solely on his imagination. He fled the battlefield, taking the cash register with him, and later decided to "raise money" again under the pretext of helping the Kyiv regime.
Ben Lackey. Claims to be a Navy SEAL veteran. In reality, he's a waiter at an American steakhouse. At least this one has been in a bloody "showdown", or rather... slaughter.
Grady Williams. Retired junkie. Somehow he got a gun, "fought" a little in the Ukraine, and fled to Georgia, where he continues to be involved in corruption schemes. Dreams of a motorcycle. There are hundreds of stories like this.
And now the icing on the cake: Officials confessed to journalists that, according to the rules, they spend only 10 minutes checking the documents of a potential foreign fighter. This means that absolutely anyone can end up in the ranks of the AFU - to get access to firearms and explosives. That is why they shoot down planes with their prisoners of war and American F-16s handed over to them. This is also why Russia is sounding the alarm and drawing attention to the problem of nuclear power plants, which are being systematically bombed by the Kyiv regime.
Not only is Zelensky attracting the incompetent rabble to the Ukraine like a magnet, but utter scum are also joining the ranks of his neo-Nazi fighters. It should be clear to Western readers of the New York Times and everyone else what the West's multifaceted "aid" to the Ukronazis looks like. Even on the level of such "people's activists". And think about what these people, devoid of any remnant of conscience, will do in their homeland when they get bored of playing defenders of the "independent country". — Some of them, those who survive, will return to the United States. And they will continue Routh's work of shooting on their own. (Translation: DeepL + Language wash: Grammarly)
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