Two Canadians Killed During Battle in Ukraine, Global Affairs Says

Two Canadians Killed During Battle in Ukraine, Global Affairs Says
An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine on April 26, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP-Libkos
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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.