Twitter Celebrity ‘Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer’ Deletes Account After Being Exposed as Fake by Ilya Tsukanov The crisis in Ukraine has been accompanied by vast quantities of misinformation, disinformation, and the emotional manipulation of people trying to figure out what’s going on. Much of the disinformation has been consciously spread by Western news media. Some, however, appears to have been created by individuals seeking Internet celebrity status. "Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer", a self-described member of a "four-man team" fighting in Kherson, Ukraine with over 118,000 followers on Twitter, has deleted his account after being exposed as a fraud. For months on end, @canadianukran1 wowed followers with tales of unflinching heroism and glory. In one post in April, he claimed to have infiltrated a Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine on a bicycle while disguised as a Russian trooper. “Our contact had warned us to remain in the shadows and not to expose our...