{"id":416807,"date":"2025-09-11T21:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/416807\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T21:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:41:24","slug":"new-brunswick-family-reeling-after-they-say-son-was-killed-in-russia-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/416807\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick family reeling after they say son was killed in Russia-Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc Mazerolle of Inkerman, N.B., broke down in tears as he recounted learning his son had died while he was deployed with the Ukrainian army.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a feeling no parent should go through,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

In late February, 24-year-old Patrick Mazerolle told his parents he had gone to Poland and volunteered to fight with the Ukrainian army in the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n

His parents had believed he was going to the U.K. for a vacation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018You can\u2019t make a decision in the spur of the moment! Have you thought about it?’\u201d Marc Mazerolle recalled.<\/p>\n

Patrick then told him he had been thinking about making this decision for two years, visiting shooting ranges, taking boxing classes and training to prepare.<\/p>\n

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Mazerolle said had he known this was the case, he would have burned his son\u2019s passport to stop him from going, fearing for his safety.<\/p>\n

He said he doesn\u2019t know why Patrick volunteered, but that ever since he was a kid, he always wanted to help people in need.<\/p>\n

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Marc and his wife stayed in regular contact with Patrick until May 27th, when he told them he was going to be deployed and sent to the front lines.<\/p>\n

Patrick told them he wouldn\u2019t be able to use his phone as he was told he could be tracked through it.<\/p>\n

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Months went by without hearing from his son.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs time was going by, it was getting heavier by the day,\u201d Mazerolle said.<\/p>\n

Finally, he received a call from his son\u2019s friend who was also serving in the Ukrainian army, telling him Patrick was killed by a drone strike on September 1st.<\/p>\n

Mazerolle said he hasn\u2019t gotten an official confirmation despite reaching out to multiple levels of government.<\/p>\n

In statement sent to Global News on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada said \u201d (We) aware of unconfirmed reports that a Canadian citizen may have recently died in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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