‘I didn’t have to think about it’: the veterans bringing Ukrainian kids with cancer to Canada

Children including those diagnosed with cancer at Okhmatdyt children's hospital amid Russian attacks in Kyiv. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

When Jay got a phone call last week, the details were vague.

“I was asked if I could come to Poland. All I was told was it involved helping evacuate Ukrainian children,” said the Canadian military veteran, who declined to give his full name because he hopes to carry out more rescue missions. “I didn’t have to think about it. Forty-eight hours later, I’m in Krakow.”