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John Ivison: Canadian soldier on Ukraine’s front line has message for Ottawa — send more weapons now

OTTAWA — When James Challice rides into battle in the contested south of Ukraine, he doesn’t travel to the front in an armoured infantry fighting vehicle: He drives himself in a Hyundai Sonata.

“We get hit with machine gun fire and mortars, we have to hide them (the cars) in the woods. It’s been surreal, but we’re using what we’ve got,” the Canadian Forces veteran said in an interview with National Post.

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