B.C. humanitarian team planning to head back to Ukraine [Video]

Oleg Atamnyuk has travelled to Vancouver Island to visit with his wife and two children who are living at the Ukrainian Haven in East Sooke. In a few weeks he will make the return trip home to Ukraine, a country that has been at war for nearly three years.

The doctor and director of a children’s hospital in the west of Ukraine says his country continues to be torn apart, and has become a shield to the rest of world against Russia and its allies.

“We don’t know official statistics about how many soldiers have died during the war,” said Atamnyuk.

What Ukrainians do know is that cemeteries across the country are filling up. City centers are running out of space for memorials for fallen soldiers and the signs of sacrifice can be seen in every community.

“Approximately 100,000 soldiers have an amputation,” said Atamnyuk.

Bob Beckett, with Vancouver Island Supports Ukraine, has led three humanitarian trips to …