Is this “Air Force veteran” serving overseas really who he says he is?

A US volunteer who helped Ukrainian forces push into Russia spoke to journalists recently on the incursion.

ABC News’ chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannel went to Ukraine to speak to an American veteran who “voluntarily helped fight in Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Russia.”

“We’re here to help,” he said of his motives. “We’re here to try and end authoritarianism.”

The Air Force veteran —who was curiously wearing a hat similar to the US Army Special Forces-related Pineland flag— sat in a casual manner and spoke with reserved purpose.

The “People’s Republic of Pineland” is a fictitious country located in North Carolina where U.S. Army Special Forces trainees are tested in their ability to work with guerrillas in an unconventional warfare environment before they officially become Special Forces Soldiers.

The vet helped push into Kursk as part of a sniper mission that never materialized, but ultimately became part of history after occupying Russian soil as an invading force.

“There’s no courage left,” he said of the Russians. “There’s no heart left in the Russian Empire.”

ABC confirmed the man’s identity, but are withholding it as a condition of the interview.

The volunteer has been in the region since 2022, deciding to come over after Russian troops first crossed into Ukraine.

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