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Ukraine: four-time world champion in kickboxing Vitaly Merinov killed in battle

Vitaly Merinov in a photo from the front, which he posted on his Instagram account. | Fountain: Instagram Vitaly Merinov

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Four-time world champion in kickboxing Vitaly Merinova Ukrainian citizen who died this week in hospital as a result of injuries sustained while fighting Russian troops occupying his country in the eastern part of the Luhansk region, Ukrainian media reported on Sunday.

geldings he enlisted in the Ukrainian army as a volunteer immediately after the Russian army launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last year.

After a leg injury, an athlete from the Ivano-Frankivsk region in the west Ukrainehe returned to the front and continued to fight until he was mortally wounded.

Merinov shared photos and videos from the front on his social networks.

His loss was confirmed by the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ruslan Martsinkiv, who said that the four-time world champion is married and has a two-year-old daughter.

According to Ukrainian authorities, at least 262 athletes have died as a result of Russian military aggression against Ukraine, one of the arguments of the people of Kiev to demand the exclusion of Russian athletes from the next Olympics, which will be held in 2024 in Paris. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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