Sunday, May 8, 2022

A Canadian Veteran Describes Weeks Under Fire In Ukraine

 

CBC: Shadow's war: A Canadian veteran describes weeks under fire in Ukraine 

Former Canadian Forces soldier experienced combat for the first time as a volunteer in Ukraine 

It happened in a split-second. About 10 days ago, a Russian tank that Shadow and a fellow Canadian — the sniper known as Wali — had been quietly stalking in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine turned and fired on them. 

Two Ukrainian soldiers who were with them had ignored Wali's advice a moment before by stepping outside the cover of their observation post — nothing more than a trench — for a cigarette.  

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WNU Editor: The Canadian-led foreign battalion in Ukraine is having problems .... Incompetence or the realities of war? Turmoil for Canadian-led foreign battalion in Ukraine (Montreal Gazette).

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