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Ukraine war: Canadian doctor killed, family confirms

A Canadian doctor serving in Ukraine has died in combat, according to his family, and is being mourned by members of Ukraine’s foreign corps.

Gregory Tsekhmistrenko was working with Ukraine’s Black Team in Bakhmut, a city in the eastern region of Donetsk, when he was killed in an attack that left several others wounded by the Wagner Group, a notorious mercenary force. Russian language.

Global Affairs Canada declined to provide CTV News with official confirmation of his death, citing security concerns.

However, CTV News was able to speak to two other Canadian members of the foreign corps who confirmed the deaths of him and his sister Alisa Suprunova via social media.

In a series of messages sent to CTV News, she confirmed that he was killed by Wagner during the battle for Bakhmut. She learned of her brother’s death from the comforting messages that appeared on his Instagram page and further details from members of his unit.

American journalist Nicholas Laidlaw, who previously interviewed Tsekhmistrenko, paid tribute to him online, along with other Ukrainian and Canadian soldiers, saying he was “the type of person with character and This commitment to duty is something that I and many others admire.”

Laidlaw told CTV News in a series of messages on Sunday that he had been in contact with Tsekhmistrenko’s unit commander, who told him that the Black Team had been “up all night” trying to recover his body. ta.

CTV News is unable to independently verify this information at this time.

Laidlaw wrote in his post: “His courage under fire, his resilience to stress, his sense of humor, and his humanity are infrequent occurrences. “The world is smaller now without his presence.”




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