Grygorii Tsekshmistrenko, 28, was a Canadian citizen killed in action in Bakhmut, an eastern Ukrainian city, while serving as a volunteer combat medic.
A group of men lower Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko's coffin into a grave at a cemetery located in a southern suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Tsekshmistrenko, 28, was a Canadian citizen killed in action in Bakhmut while serving as a volunteer combat medic.
Anton, a Ukrainian-Canadian himself who served with the Canadian Armed Forces, said Tsekhmistrenko went to provide medical help to members of the unit after they were hit with a rocket-propelled grenade."Since Greg is a very big individual, while he was assisting with medical care, he absorbed most of the blast, which is what allowed him to save one of our members who is currently being operated on in the hospital," Anton told CBC News outside the funeral home.
Anton said he and other members of Tsekhmistrenko's unit are taking some time to grieve, but will head back to the frontlines when they're ready. "Greg had a choice to stand aside or come here and fight the evil," Shevchenko told CBC News outside the funeral.
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