A memorial walk was held Sunday afternoon by the Calgary branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress to “honour the Canadian soldiers who died fighting for peace in the past and the Ukrainian soldiers who are giving their lives for freedom today,” according to a media release.
Event organizer Anna Tselukhina said those Canadian soldiers included Calgarian Kyle Porter, a soldier and medic who died fighting for Ukraine in April, 2023.
Porter spent nine years in Canada’s Armed Forces as a medical technician, and in December 2022 travelled to Ukraine to help search-and-rescue efforts for wounded and deceased Ukrainian soldiers.
He died April 26, 2023, by Russian artillery shells in a firefight for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Fellow Canadian Cole Zelenco, of Ontario, was killed alongside Porter.
“He died on the battlefield in Ukraine,” said Tselukhina. “And we also want to walk to the Field of Crosses and find his …