The death of an American soldier fighting in Ukraine exposes chaos and dysfunction in the foreign legion

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Thousands have flocked to help Ukraine fight against Russia's invasion, but major issues have been raised about the international foreign legion.

"No one trusts Ruslan, he is a lying piece of shit," one soldier told Lipka in a text message seen by Insider.

Another American soldier, who was with them at the time and goes by the alias AJ, told Insider that their mission was a disaster from the start, adding that the group had narrowly escaped death multiple times in the days before.

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Published On: 2022-12-03 @ 13:00:00 (2 months ago)

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