"Very Great Loss": The Minsport named the number of athletes killed during the war

According to acting Minister Matthew Poor, a huge number of athletes who were stars of the Olympics, are now protecting the country with weapons in their hands. By the way, Russian shelling has damaged more than 500 objects of sports and youth infrastructure in 2 years. In Ukraine, a full -scale war is ongoing that takes people's lives. In almost 27 months of confrontation, 456 Ukrainian athletes and coaches of national teams were killed.

Acting Minister for Youth and Sports Matthew Poor in an interview with Deutsche Welle. According to him, the number of killed and wounded Ukrainian athletes is increasing almost daily. Many of them have changed the activity for some time and now with weapons in their hands heroically protects their country. "The elite of Ukrainian sports today with weapons in our hands defends our independence and our future. We will suffer very much loss.

Literally last week, the two -time European weightlifting champion was killed, he held the fourth position at the Rio Olympics," Matthew said. He talks about Alexander Peleshenko. He enrolled in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the first days of the Great War. All this time he defended the country from the aggressor. In addition, he continues Minister of Youth and Sports, Russia does not cease to attack the peaceful cities of Ukraine, which also suffers from civilian institutions.

During the enemy shelling, more than 500 objects of sports and 100 objects of youth infrastructure were destroyed that on April 15 it was reported that French President Emmanuel Macron wants a truce between the Russian Federation and Ukraine from July 26 to August 11. To do this, he intends to enlist support from China. On April 22, it was reported that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky responded to this.