But a recent decision to restrict consular services for fighting-aged Ukrainian men has made him feel less certain of his next steps — and worried he could be pulled back to the war.
OTTAWA — The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko.
The 18-year-old’s youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022.
With harrowing experiences of war behind him, he recently graduated high school, competes internationally as a rower and is determined to study finance in a few years.
Ukraine has a recruitment problem so they’ve restricted consular services to coerce the return of fighting aged men.
What about fighting aged women?
Should continued military aid be conditional on “peace negotiations?.
