"why did they send youto Ukraine - to interview Russian Viet Nam vets"
Pay attention. Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Poles, Czechs, Tadjiks, Georgians, Armenians, Romanians, Cubans, North Koreans, Bulgarians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians, Uzbeks, Azeris, Turkmen, etc. ALL participated in the Vietnam War - sent there as Soviets. What don't you understand?
Romanov,
You know the answer to this is "No soap, RADIO!"