"In one of the bunkers at the Azovstal plant, we found a crematorium where more than ten bodies of mercenaries were destroyed. Most likely, realizing that captivity cannot be avoided, the command was given to destroy the foreigners."
"Documents and personal belongings were burned, but, apparently in a hurry, and maybe because of their stupidity, the Nazis did not check the result. Some of the documents were not completely burned and we found the remains of a US citizen's passport and many other interesting pieces of evidence."
They played. They paid. Just said that these dead Americans were lead by western propaganda to do what they did.
Of course it could be said that most soldiers that died in foreign wars fighting for U.S. were being lead by lies, and propaganda.