"A person of incredible endurance": In the war against the Russian Federation, athlete Oleg Melnychuk (photo) was killed

The man was on the front from the first days of a full -scale invasion and served in one of the special units of defense forces. In the war against Russia, on May 21, former runner Oleg Melnychuk was killed with an elephant call sign. He went to war as a volunteer and served in a special unit. This was reported in the Telegram-channel of the Federation of Athletics of Ukraine. "Oleg Melnychuk was a friend for many stars of modern athletics.

He did not continue his career of a professional athlete, but always supported athletes, continued to play sports and live life until our lands came to terrorists. Oleg voluntarily chose to defend the country and put his life for Ukraine ", - the message reads. The Federation added that Oleg Melnychuk was a sincere, kind and true friend, and his death was a great loss for the track and field community.

The friend of the deceased hero Alexander Moklyak reported on the network that Oleg Melnychuk was at the front from the first days of a full -scale war. "Oleg Melnychuk (Elephant). A fighter of one of the special units from the first days in the battles. How I was proud of friendship with you and I will always be, absolutely light man, a person of incredible endurance and strength of spirit, a rock man, forever in my memory", He wrote.