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The Art of Deception and Why Eastern European Soldiers Always Wear Ski Masks

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Wes O'Donnell
Apr 20, 2018
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I recently interviewed five Ukrainian soldiers who are fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. During my interview, I jokingly asked one young soldier, who calls himself Myhalych, “Why do Russian and Ukrainian soldiers always wear balaclavas?”

After a long pause, h…

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