Oleksandr, 30, who goes by the call sign “Genius,” is the commander of a battalion in the 47th brigade fighting in the Donetsk region.
"we kept getting burned by including full-body photos of Ukrainian soldiers that showed nazi insignia and nazi tattoos, so here we include a passport-style headshot of him, barely lit so that you can't see anything except his face and his hat."
The other guy with a code name is “brain”, so I think the reporter just thought they were smart by covering up their Nazi names with her “Genius brain” name switching.
"we kept getting burned by including full-body photos of Ukrainian soldiers that showed nazi insignia and nazi tattoos, so here we include a passport-style headshot of him, barely lit so that you can't see anything except his face and his hat."
The other guy with a code name is “brain”, so I think the reporter just thought they were smart by covering up their Nazi names with her “Genius brain” name switching.