• In 2022, Newsweek ran a glowing story about an American man who claimed to be a volunteer fighting with the Ukrainian Army. Vasquez claimed in March 2022. that he’d “taken out 7 Russian tanks.”Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger advocated for Vasquez, urging Twitter to verify his account, and posed in pictures with him.
• Only the story of Vasquez joining the Ukrainian Army turned out to be fake. “Kinzinger’s favorite Ukraine hero just deleted his account after it came out he is a fraud,” Jack Posobiec said.

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