By Anton Zverev LUHANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Surveying a ruined airport in the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, the ex-Russian paratrooper in trademark blue beret boasts that only “professionals” such as him can turn the tide in the conflict with Kiev in eastern Ukraine. Yakut, the nom de guerre offered by the fighter, says he left the Russian armed forces to fight with pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. When his job here is done, it is to the ranks of the Russian army that he will return. “Yes sir,” he says. “There can be no other way. …
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