Canadian sniper Wali Ukraine

Russian reports had said former Canadian soldier had been quickly killed in fighting.

But at some point, we have to do it, somebody has to do it,” he said. A single soldier is only as good as the intel they get from the rest of the group, he said. “At some point, if we believe in freedom and peace, we have to do something. He stays in shape while back in Canada, but it’s hard to be the best when you’re not training every single week, he said. If anything, joining the conflict in Ukraine was a clearer decision, because, he argues, it was so clearly an act of aggression. “I was standing in the kitchen and I saw the huge fireball. Helicopters approached, but they seemed hesitant due to the anti-aircraft missiles donated by the Americans, he said. “We should not underestimate them, but they’re not as good as the NATO army. You know, it’s not smart, ” he said. “I was in this amazing apartment — it would look the same in Toronto downtown, an espresso machine and nice TV,” he said. “I think the enemy propaganda is a bit amateur. For now, he said, he’s safe — aside from the cough plaguing several front-line fighters, he said, though it’s not clear if it’s COVID-19 or something else — and away from the front lines.

A former Canadian Armed Forces sniper fighting in Ukraine says he was the last to learn of his supposed death.

"The intent of this narrative is to discredit and discourage foreign volunteers," Kolga said. "It was the city burning," he said. Wali said he didn't sleep or eat for days while in the midst of the fighting. I help doing so because the sniper is doing a lot of observation, reporting." Just a few weeks ago, he said, he was working as a computer programmer in Canada and wasn't actively training. Posts on VKontakte, a Russian social media site now known as VK, claimed that Wali had been killed by Russian special forces 20 minutes after he arrived in Mariupol, the southern port city that has been under siege by Russian forces.