“The army has called in the reserve and all men capable of fighting must take part in the defense of the territory. Like many in this case, I registered as a reservist last week, but I did not have the necessary documents to return to the country. The rules have changed and now anyone motivated to defend the country can register. I have no military experience. Only private experience with weapons. I don’t see why the majority of men in my country have to risk their lives to protect their families and send them away from all this…”
This is the message that Sergei Stakhovsky delivered on social networks. 31st in the world in 2010, the 36-year-old Ukrainian retired at the start of the year. The former tennis player is not the only athlete to return to Ukraine to take up arms against the Russian army. It should also be noted that boxer Oleksandr Usyk and the Klitschko brothers also made this kind of announcement.
