2 Canadians killed amid intense fighting in Ukraine, Global Affairs Canada says
“I draped the Canadian flag over him. That hit me as hard as I’ve been hit in the 14 months I’ve been in Ukraine,” Hughes said in a phone interview from Kharkiv after retrieving Porter’s body Tuesday.Global Affairs said in an emailed statement that the department is aware of reports that two Canadians died in Ukraine. It said it’s following up with authorities but cannot release more information due to privacy considerations.
Baxter said her son first went over to the war-torn country last April and returned to Canada three months later before going on his second tour in October. Baxter last spoke with her son two days before his death. The conversation steered away from the attacks that have rocked the eastern Donbas region.“He kept quite a bit hidden from me just so I wouldn’t worry,” she said.
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