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The reactions of the world of sport to the war in Ukraine are many and in general forceful against the aggression of the Russian army. The last one has starred a legendary basketball player who triumphed at Real Madrid, in the American NBA and who came to defend the colors of the Soviet Union before its dissolution. It’s about Lithuanian Arvydas Saboniswho after the independence of his country went on to defend his colors.
As a good connoisseur of the Russian mentality and affected by what is happening in Ukraine Due to the identification of Lithuania with the Ukrainian suffering, the 57-year-old former player was openly critical of the country governed by Vladimir Putin.
“Never again in our lives will we be able to believe these liars.
Doves of peace… A country of peace! Is there peace here? Bomb children and free people? Speechless. I have no desire to communicate with them,” Sabonis cried in a chat with the media. 15min.lt of his country, which celebrated its independence day last Friday.
During the interview, he acknowledged that he had spoken with Alexander Volkov, a former Ukrainian player who now wears a military uniform to defend his country, but not with any Russian: «Everyone is unbalanced». “Statistics show that 70 percent of Russians support this war. Of course, I expect this number to be much lower. Who understands the situation? You will not change the opinion of others. Russia has shown the whole world that we cannot believe in this country,” she argued.
The legendary former player shared his opinion that “there is no doubt that Russian clubs should be excluded from the EuroLeague. And it is difficult to say when they will be able to return. It is not clear what will happen with this war. While he admitted “having no idea how Ukrainians could play sports together with Russians in the future.” “It is difficult to imagine such a scenario. Now the Slavs are killing Slavs. Two Slavs attacked a Slav. It’s mean. brother kills brother», he added.
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