In 2015, a Canadian sniper known as “Wali” headed, on his own, to Afghanistan, determined to fight ISIS and offer his skills to assist in the war on terror. Today, Wali arrived in Ukraine.
Leaving behind his wife and infant son, Wali made the decision to head to Ukraine after seeing the devastation there. What he saw was hospitals destroyed, pregnant women from a maternity ward carried on stretchers through the rubble, traumatized children in refugee camps fleeing with their families to safety, people in Ukraine capable of standing and fighting left behind to defend their country.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelenskyy called for “all foreigners wishing to join the resistance against the Russian occupiers and protect international security” to come to Ukraine’s aid, saying that they “are invited by the Ukrainian government to come to our territory to join the ranks of our territorial forces.” Wali responded. The sniper said that all he could see when he saw the devastation there was his own son, making the decision a difficult but sure one.
According to the U.S. Sun, who spoke to Wali and his wife, the infamous sniper said that the suffering in Ukraine convinced him that he had to respond.
‘When I see a destroyed building, it is the person who owns it, who sees his pension fund go up in smoke, that I see. I go there for humanitarian reasons.
Twitter had a big reaction to the news about Wali. Read some of their comments below:
