U.S. Vice President's cousin exposes Russian military chaos
Nate Vance, a cousin of Vice President J.D. Vance, was on the front lines in Donbas. In an interview with CNN, he shared his perspective on the war in Ukraine. He revealed that he witnessed Russian soldiers shooting at their own comrades.
Nate Vance volunteered to fight on the side of Ukraine. He appeared on the front lines shortly after the outbreak of war in 2022.
In January 2025, when J.D. Vance became the Vice President of the USA, Nate decided to return to the U.S. - It had become complicated to stay. I couldn't take the risk of being captured, he said plainly. Now he shares what he witnessed on the front lines.
- I personally witnessed them shooting their own soldiers, and it wasn't just, you know, a one-time incident. It happened quite frequently — so much so that you could consider it a policy for retreating troops, said Nate Vance.
In his opinion, this practice is "widespread" in the Russian ranks.
J.D. Vance’s cousin harshly criticizes the Trump administration's approach to the war in Ukraine. In his opinion, Vice President Vance and Trump are "Putin’s useful idiots."
- Just because I’m related to you doesn’t mean I’m going to stand by and watch you get my comrades killed, he said in an interview with "Le Figaro." - When JD justifies his distrust of Zelensky by the ‘reports’ he has seen, I thought I was going to choke, he said with indignation.
- His own cousin was on the frontlines. I could have told him the truth, without personal interest. He never tried to find out more, he adds.
Family conflict. Cousin sharply criticizes J.D. Vance
Nate Vance and J.D. Vance are closely related—they share common grandparents. J.D. Vance's mother, Beverly, is the sister of Nate’s father, James (J.D. Vance bears his mother's last name - ed.). They spent vacations together in childhood, either in Middletown, Ohio, with J.D.’s family or in California, where Nate’s family lived briefly.
In 2023, J.D. Vance was elected as a Senator of Ohio. A year later, in 2024, he became the 50th Vice President of the United States alongside Donald Trump.
