French paper Le Figaro just came out with a blistering piece .
An interview with JD Vance’s cousin Nate Vance.
Nate Vance served in the Ukrainian defense forces for almost three years.
Here is the English translation of the article from Le Figaro:
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“We Are Vladimir Putin’s Useful Idiots”: Nate, First Cousin of JD Vance and Volunteer Fighter in Ukraine
By Stanislas Poyet
Published at 18:14
PORTRAIT – The Texan spent three years in Ukraine, including two and a half years fighting on the bloodiest fronts. He is dismayed by his cousin’s stance and by Donald Trump.
When Nate heard his cousin, JD Vance, criticize Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House, he was furious. Sitting in his RV, somewhere on the roads of the American West, where he has been traveling since his return from Ukraine in January 2025, Nate felt deeply disappointed. Disappointed in his cousin, who is a few years younger—Nate is 47—whom he had always defended as a man of integrity.
“JD is a good guy, an intelligent guy,” Nate explains. “When he criticized aid to Ukraine, I thought it was because he had to cater to a certain electorate, that it was just political maneuvering. But what they did to Zelensky (along with Donald Trump, editor’s note) was an ambush of absolute bad faith,” he fumes.
Here is the link to the article (in French) with Nate Vance, JD Vance’s first cousin and former member of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
The office of Colonel-General Syrskyi is compromised by foreign influence.
Documents & messages indicate the Ukrainian Commander in Chief’s office is manipulated into ignoring the civilian chain of command.
President Zelenskyy & Minister Umerov must investigate.
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A letter from Colonel-General Syrskyi to Congressman Austin Scott requesting highly sensitive weapons. These weapons were not intended for the Armed Forces and the letter was requested by foreign groups. This was also done to bypass and embarrass the Ukrainian MOD.
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The week before, the same private foreign group engaged a Ukrainian Defense Firm to source and purchase 220 tons of explosives while the Ukrainian Armed Forces itself is in great need of those same ordinances.
Since X platforms the lies of russia and the kremlin, I'm sure Elon Musk won't have a problem with me publishing classified documents from last year showing what russia and its allies are really up to.
1.) Here is how Russian information ops work.
1/?
2.) Here is some info about Wagner in North America among other tidbits.
2/?
3.) Here is the document showing China's anticipated approval of weapons to Russia.
As a soldier in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who has to live by the rules of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who has fought and fights at the front for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, I'm done w/ lies.
He will not be able to show enlistment papers with the ZSU. It is a rigorous process that requires weeks, if not months to complete. Invitation letter, Background checks, physical and intellectual tests, and a contract for either three years or until the end of mobilization.
To be in ZSU means dedicating your life to ZSU. Not coming and going. Was James at the front? Seems so. Was James in the military? No. It is very specific. There are no special contracts with ZSU units, only Legion Units. I can't speak for Legion but James was not in Legion.