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Dmitry Tymchuk is many things. He claims to have traveled on “official assignments” to Iraq, Kosovo, and Lebanon. He identifies himself as a colonel in the Ukrainian army reserve. Since 2008, he has been chief editor of flot2017.com, a website that lobbies for the expulsion of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol. According to Tymchuk’s Facebook profile, he has also served as director of the “Center of Military-Political Research” in Kiev for the past six years.

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