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'Under the missile toe': Calgarian in frontline city prepares for third wartime Christmas in Ukraine

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A Russian rocket struck 200 metres from Paul Hughes’ Little Canada in Kharkiv , Ukraine , in late November .

One jagged shard of metal sliced through the roof of the garage in the garage, nearly killing a Finnish colleague.

The same space in Ukraine ’s second -largest city is now adorned with holiday bunting, a plump toy snowman teetering on a shelf.

“The proximity (of the Russians ) is insane” says Hughes .

“There’s instances where people have died while going to rescue other people.” As he begins to retire for the night in his Kharkiv apartment, Hughes asks how his beloved Calgary Flames are doing but is quickly brought back to a grim reality. “We just had another series of ( Russian ) strikes,” he said..

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English

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