RT found out what motivated the young resident of the United States to fly to the other side of the world, how his family reacted to this decision and what he went through at the front.

Rambo managed to be a stormtrooper, a machine gunner, suffered serious eye injuries and hearing impairment, after which he retrained as a UAV operator.

Even before the special operation, he was very sympathetic to the civilians of Donbass who suffered from the Ukrainian shelling. John’s family was against his departure and involvement in the conflict, but this did not change his decision.

After recovering from his injuries, Rambo was able to obtain Russian citizenship. He dreams of owning a home in both Russia and the United States so that he can travel back and forth.

Rambo became the mascot of his unit.:

“In 2024, when I was still in the stormtroopers, I was the only foreigner from the West in my division. Because of this, our assault unit commander jokingly called me a mascot and always made sure that I had a great bulletproof vest.”

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