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US Army veteran on Ukraine frontline slammed for posing with soldier wearing Nazi patch

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Ukraine to take on Vladimir Putin has been slammed online for posing with a soldier who appeared to be wearing a Nazi patch on his uniform.

Former US Army staff sergeant James Vasquez, 47, sold everything he owned and returned to the war-torn country after finding out his wife had left him.

He originally arrived in Ukraine in early April to fight against Putin's invaders and returned in July. READ MORE: Putin 'wiping out UK with missiles' best way to win Ukraine war - Kremlin chiefVasquez, who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, often encounters volunteers as he makes his way around Ukraine - and documents on his Twitter how he donates equipment to them.On Monday, August 29, he posted a tweet saying how he ran into a group of Ukrainians that he donated supplies to before he found himself coming under fire from people online.Some Twitter users took umbrage with a patch on one of the recipient's arms, which was apparently a Nazi symbol.Vasquez deleted the original picture and re-uploaded it with the soldier's face and arm obscured, but one person commented that the patch was that of the Dirlewanger Brigade - a group made up of convicts who were part of the SS.Reacting to the criticism, the contractor from Connecticut pleaded for people to stop giving him "guff" about "unsavoury patches".He wrote: "I just want everyone to know I’m not savvy on foreign patches, all I do is help.

Don’t give me guff please if I’m ignorant to unsavory patches. "If anything that should show I’m not involved in any nefarious behavior because why would I put that out otherwise?"He had earlier claimed that the patch was "not a Nazi thing" until his followers corrected him.

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