Soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha.
Soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022.
  • Infighting has plagued some US volunteers who've fought in Ukraine, per a New York Times report.
  • The squabbles have not only threatened the war effort, but have exposed deeply consequential lies.
  • Some volunteers have left the war effort in Ukraine after questions arose about their backgrounds.

After Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last year, groups of Americans — many of them US military veterans — committed themselves to fight in the conflict to aid the Ukrainian government in battling back Moscow's advances.