James also known as 'Spaghetti Kozak' is an American who has spent more than a year fighting for Ukraine as part of the AFU, and even longer than that fighting all-comers in the Twitter war that has raged since the war started.

In this special bonus episode of Intrigue Explained, Dmitry sat down with James for a wide-ranging discussion of the war, social media, grifters, geopolitics and understanding Russia.

There were also some Warhammer 40,000 references, because we just can't help ourselves.

You can find James on Twitter: @SpaghettiKozak

You can also find his YouTube content on his channel: Spaghetti Kozak Media

In Part 2 of the interview, James and Dmitry tackle some of the most infuriating and erroneous tropes, memes and arguments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Intrigue Explained is a show where two former diplomats (Dmitry Grozoubinski and John Fowler) and the people they know break down the big stories in international news.

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