When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a plea for foreign volunteers to go help his country fight.

Bruce Perry heard the call.

“I have military experience. I have first aid training. I'm retired. I have no dependents. And my grandfather was from Ukraine. So I thought, what the heck, I'll go,” the resident of Savona, B.C., told CBC’s _Daybreak Kamloops_.

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However, after doing a series of interviews, it turned out the 76-year-old was not a candidate for military service. But that didn’t stop him.

Perry went to Ukraine in May 2022 and looked for other volunteer work. First, he worked with an organization that supported military efforts, bringing them much-needed supplies to the f

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