2 Canadians killed amid intense fighting in Ukraine, Global Affairs Canada says
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Family and aid workers identified the two Canadians as Kyle Porter and Cole Zelenco, who were killed during a fierce battle with Russian forces in Bakhmut last week.
Paul Hughes says one of the most difficult moments of his life was placing a Canadian flag over the body bag of a soldier from Alberta killed during a bloody battle in eastern Ukraine.
Hughes carefully drove an ambulance carrying the body of Kyle Porter for more than four hours from an area near Bakhmut where the Canadian and another soldier, Cole Zelenco, were killed during fierce fighting last week.
“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.
“My heart goes out to (their families). The deepest condolences.”
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.
Family and aid workers identified the two Canadians.
Zelenco, 21, was from St. Catharines, Ont., and was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, his mother, Lynn Baxter, said in a phone interview from her home.
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.
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