Two Canadians, including Calgary man, killed while fighting in Ukraine battle yyc
“We managed to get Cole but got some gunfire and a drone located us and pinpointed our position,” he said.He refused to describe the recovery attempts as acts of bravery.The two deaths are believed to be the fourth and fifth Canadian volunteer soldiers killed in action during the 14-month war.
Porter, who’d been trained as a medic, had been in Ukraine since March 2022 serving in training and rescue roles, and had joined Raj’s unit in December, said the captain.Porter, said Raj, was intent on creating an ambulance unit for his group. Zelenco, he said, was also grimly aware of the dangers he faced in resisting relentless Russian efforts to capture Bakhmut.
A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a residential building damaged by shelling in the frontline city of Bakhmut on April 23.With Zelenco’s body already in Kharkiv, Calgary humanitarian aid worker Paul Hughes said he’s heading south to the Bakhmut area on Tuesday to transport Porter’s body and surviving members of his unit to Kharkiv.
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