Retired from the tennis courts for a few months, the Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky announced to join the reservists of his country to fight against the Russian invasion.
L’ex 31e world player, in tears, had justified his decision to Sky Sports. «I’ve never been in a shootout and it’s not something I look forward to but if necessary I will. Only fools aren’t afraid right now. I have no military experience. I have experience with weapons, in a private capacity. I don’t see why the majority of my compatriots have to risk their lives to protect their families and send them away from all this…Since then, the 36-year-old Ukrainian has been very active on social networks and has a ” war diary ».
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“Day 2 in Kyiv begins. The people around me are in good spirits… no one is ready to surrender,” he wrote on his twitter account on Tuesday.
And on his Instagram account, he also published this Tuesday morning a message against Vladimir Putin: “ Putin, we will dance on your grave “. In reference to the civilian districts of Kiev bombarded by the Russian army.
Like world heavyweight champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk, Stakhovsky is more than ever at the heart of the conflict.
