James Vasquez was known for sharing footage from the frontline in Ukraine with his large social media following.
On Wednesday, Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, an American journalist who enlisted to fight in Ukraine's armed forces, disputed Vasquez's accounts of combat in the war-torn country.Writing on Twitter, she said Vasquez"is not and has not been" in Ukraine's armed forces. She provided a link to Vasquez's Twitter account—where he had previously posted war-related content—which has been deleted as of Thursday morning.
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army hold their positions at the front line near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on March 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Vasquez had shared footage of frontline fighting on his social media feeds.In a series of posts, Ashton-Cirillo said she had"stayed out of it while other soldiers, real soldiers, called him out" to avoid"controversy." She said she had met Vasquez three times, during each of which he was a"civilian.
"It was shocking to see him say he was going on a mission to Soledar after we already left," she wrote. Soledar, a town in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, was the site of heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces earlier this year before Kyiv's fighters pulled back to preserve the lives of its personnel, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said at the time.
In a separate post, also uploaded on Wednesday, Ashton-Cirillo said she had privately communicated with Vasquez, and that he"confirmed to me in writing that he does not and has not had a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine."Posts from Ashton-Circillo and another account linked to a Canadian fighter in Ukraine also raised questions about fund-raising allegedly involving Vasquez for war efforts.
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