There`s gore but little glory for veterans of Russia`s war in Ukraine
(World News Russia)

Russian volunteer Andrei Kamayev arrived in war-torn eastern Ukraine in late September 2014, bursting with patriotic bravado and convinced that he was following in the footsteps of his grandfather -- a Soviet intelligence officer in World War II -- by fighting against `fascists and Nazis.` Using terms propagated by the Kremlin to describe Ukrainian government forces fighting Russia-backed separatists, the 49-year-old Kamayev admits to other motives for joining up: he also wanted to help restore the `Russky Mir,` or Russian World, and stave off the perceived encroachment of NATO. ......