The fisherman and the entrepreneur: How Canadians are helping in Ukraine
One is a Nova Scotia lobster fisherman who delivers supplies to frontline towns. The other is an entrepreneur from Toronto who enlisted in Ukraine’s foreign legion.
Sipping coffee at the kitchen table in his family’s apartment in Lviv, Brukovskiy looked exhausted, and maybe a bit haunted. The fisherman travelled alone, in a van so tightly-packed with bottled water, baby food, diapers and other necessities that even the front passenger seat was filled. Buses trying to evacuate civilians were hit, as well as a bridge that civilians were crossing as they tried to flee the fighting, he said.
Seeing the dead and the Russian targeting of buildings with no apparent military value was an eye-opener for Brukovskiy.Tim Lee/Global News “I don’t regret coming here,” he said. “I think what I’m doing, I hope it helps. And I know, for example, these guys there, they need people, they need drivers,” he said.
“I was actually, in a way, pleasantly surprised that so many Canadians have come here,” to join the international legion, Volzhanin said.Canadian Igor Volzhanin outside the national opera house in Lviv, Ukraine, April 9, 2022.Volzhanin attended Meadowvale Secondary School in Mississauga, Ont., before studying at Queen’s University and the University of Victoria.
The Canadian was, in fact, the second person to join, after Frenchman Damien Magrou, who is the unit’s official spokesperson.Although he had no military experience, Volzhanin spoke several languages and believed he had skills to offer.
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