Wali is known as one of the best snipers in the world. He fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, even setting a world record for sniper distance. A few days ago, Wali came to Ukraine from Poland, just because of a sentence “they need snipers.”
One of the world’s best snipers has arrived in Ukraine.
The French-Canadian “Wali” from the Royal Canadian 22e Régiment made his reputation during tours in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq
He fought in the same Canadian unit as the sniper with the world’s longest kill (3.5 km)
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An international group of mercenaries called by Ukrainian President Zelensky is recruiting volunteers from many countries to fight Russia. Currently 20,000 people around the world have responded, even the elite Canadian sniper “Wali” is one of them.
As reported by CBC and La Presse, Wali, 40, was a member of the Royal Canadian 22nd Army Corps and was sent to Afghanistan twice between 2009 and 2011, mainly as a sniper in the Canadian Armed Forces. .
Under the guise of a foreign sniper, he traveled to northern Iraq to help the Kurdish militia fight the extremist terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS).
In 2017, he destroyed a target with a TAC-50 sniper rifle at a distance of 3.5km, and also set a record for the longest sniper kill in history. After retiring, he became a computer engineer, but in early March, he decided to retire from a stable life and go to Ukraine to fight.
(Twitter text: One of the world’s best snipers has arrived in Ukraine. French-Canadian “Wali” from the Royal Canadian Mounted 22e Régiment has been a huge hit during his travels in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. He fought in the same unit in Canada as a sniper capable of hitting targets at the longest range in the world (3.5 km).)
Wali said that because someone told him “they needed a sniper” he felt he had to contribute, so late one night in early March, Wali and three other veterans crossed the border from Ba Lan entered Ukraine, and was warmly welcomed by the locals. He declined to reveal the exact location of the crossing, but was shocked by the influx of refugees into Poland.
The brutality of the war that tore through Ukrainian homes shook the world, but for soldiers and veterans, the impact was even greater. “I want to help them, simple as that,” said Wali. I have to help, because there are people who have been bombed here, just because they want to be European, not Russian.”
Wali mentioned that the journey from a civilian engineer to the battlefield was quite incredible: “A week ago I was writing a program, and now I am in a warehouse killing Russians with anti-aircraft missiles. get a raise.”
But he missed his son’s 1-year-old birthday, and even admitted that this was the hardest part of getting into the fight. In fact, Wali’s wife opposed his decision, but also knew that if he didn’t let him go, it would destroy him, like putting him in prison.
The first “international mercenary corps” arrives in Kyiv
On March 7, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, revealed that more than 20,000 people would be willing to go to Ukraine to help fight Russian aggression. They come from 52 countries around the world, and the Government of Ukraine will establish a new International Mercenary Corps in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian military posted on Facebook and uploaded a photo of the mercenary corps to confirm the information: “The first volunteers of the Ukrainian International Territorial Defense Corps have reached positions on the outskirts of Kyiv. . They come from the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States, Lithuania, Mexico and India.”
