A former Canadian Armed Forces sniper who now fights Russian forces in Ukraine says he was "the last to learn of his death."

The former CAF member - known as "Wali" - told CBC News that he returned to a safe place in Ukraine on Monday after a week spent fighting Russian forces on the front lines in the Kiev region, reports Telegraph.

And when he turned on his phone, he discovered hundreds of messages from people convinced he had been killed.

His wife, father, friends and strangers sent furious messages trying to confirm that he was still alive.

Even his former commander in Kurdistan, who fought with Wali against ISIS, sent a note saying the community sacrificed a sheep in his honor.

"I'm alive, as you can see," Wali said in a video on Tuesday.

"Not a single scratch."

"I am almost the last person to know about my death."

The media outlet says that misinformation about Wali's data has been circulating on the Internet for weeks - including claims that he was the deadliest sniper in the world and kept a record for the longest distance killings.

Otherwise, there was a Russian social media site, posted that Wali had been killed by Russian special forces 20 minutes after he arrived in Mariupol, now under siege by Russian forces.

Wali - who joined the Ukrainian defense along with another Canadian veteran, nicknamed "Shadow" - said he was not the deadliest sniper in the world and did not hold any records.

Just a few weeks ago, he said, he was working as a computer programmer in Canada and was not actively training.

"I'm a good sniper," said Wali.

"Nothing less, nothing more…".

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