KYIV - A 23-year-old Calgary man who has been fighting for Ukraine faces a painful recovery after receiving burns to nearly 30 per cent of his body in a Russian drone strike on Canada Day.

Mac Hughes initially joined his father Paul in doing volunteer work in the war-torn nation but joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine after a close friend died in the fighting.

Sitting in a wheelchair near the Kyiv City Clinical Hospital where he's receiving treatment, Hughes recounted the attack that caused his injuries.

"A Shahed (drone) came into our position and I was running. I jumped in between a car and a wall, and the Shahed exploded about 10 metres away from me," Hughes told The Canadian Press. "The car took the bulk of the blast, but it got shifted over onto my right foot.

"I went to stand up a

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