Canadians face barriers in bid to join fight in Ukraine
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Some Canadians who want to pick up arms for Ukraine say they have faced unexpected hurdles, with some finding a lack of organization even as others have been turned away before they can get out the door.
The 57-year-old Calgary native who served in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from 1983 to 1987 during the Cold War said he was disappointed.
"I think you'd have to come up with a different word than disorganized," Hughes said in an interview from Lviv, describing the so-called International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine.
"I don't think they were ready for that call to action."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called out in February for people around the world to help his country fight the Russians by joining an "international brigade," and Kyiv said about 20,000 foreigners answered.
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