Looked like one doddery old man to me. Look at the way he hobbles along. Also if ancient hunting rifles are all the USA can afford to give its personnel then the USA's military might is seriously overstated.
I personally know foreigners living in Ukraine and many of them are Americans.
It is hardly troops in the plural but it certainly may be one retired troop.
ZeroHedge has quite a reputation for making things up and extrapolating their fantasies. Only last week they claimed that Russia had suddenly cut off all gas sales to Europe through Ukraine and 6 European countries were freezing and it was all Ukraine's fault.
It was a complete lie from ZH. If you are really interested in what is going on here join www.expatua.com it is a website for the expat community in Ukraine.
You will be suprised how many Americans live in this country.
