Ukrainian kickboxing champion killed
Ukrainian kickboxing champion killed in combat while defending Mariupol.
Maksym Kagal, ISKA kickboxing champion, was killed in the battle for the besieged city Mariupol, his coach reported.
“Sleep peacefully, Brother, the earth is your down, we will take revenge on you,” Oleg Skirta, his coach wrote.
The athlete defended his homeland as part of the Azov special purpose unit.
Kagal is the first world champion in ISKA kickboxing among adults in the national team of Ukraine. The 30-year -old sportsman was a member of Azov Regiment.
President Zelenskyy speaks to Russian TV
President Zelensky, said during his interview to a Russian media outlet, that the treatment of the killed (Russian) soldiers, who are either abandoned or taken home in what he described as “garbage bags.”
He criticized the Russian authorities and said he didn’t understand why the soldiers’ families were accepting it.
Zelensky: “In Ukraine, we understand what we are fighting for. And what about you? What is going on in your country, in Russia? I don’t understand it. It’s a tragedy, and a tragedy that is harming us.”
💔🕯 #Ukraine's world kickboxing champion Maksym Kagal died defending #Mariupol. The 30-year -old sportsman was a member of Azov Regiment. #UkraineUnderAttaсk pic.twitter.com/nLjIXeSSOG
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