This post was originally published on this site The mysterious “Forward Observation Group” (FOG) has come under scrutiny after Russian media sources identified the group as foreign U.S. mercenaries arming and training Ukrainian front line fighters. The group, which previously came under fire after close association with the ultra-nationalist Ukrainian Neo-Nazi group, The Azov Battalion , has once again found themselves in the spotlight. In a VICE news piece , the man running the operation, who identified himself as Derrick Bales, explains that he was simply in Ukraine filming for his “Military Lifestyle Brand,” and that he is not training...