Nobody would’ve imagined that two retired Heavyweight champions would be responsible for protecting the city of Kyiv during the Russian invasion.
Both Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have been working non-stop to prevent the occupants from taking control of the Ukrainian capital. There have been reports that president Vladimir Putin already has both former boxers on a list as targets to assassinate.
But this doesn’t concern either of hte two brothers, they will do everything in their power to keep protecting Ukraine. Even if that ends up costing them their lives. None of them really have an option, this is the place where they grew up, it’s their home.
400 highly-trained Russian mercenaries have been sent to Kyiv with the demand to assassinate targets.
The Klitschko brothers are on the list of Putin's targets. pic.twitter.com/GOdbUyIUs6
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In an interview with Reuters, this is what Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said: “Thousands, already tens of thousands, are killed in this war against Ukraine. And this number will unfortunately only grow. You are an instrument at the hands of one man with one ambition – to resurrect the Soviet Union …
For ambitions of one man, we are paying a very high price.We are not going to surrender. We have nowhere to retreat. The situation is tense, people are worried. The city needs peace and peaceful skies …
Kyiv residents have been in their basements nonstop for a week now because of air raid alarm going off all the time. You are an instrument at the hands of one man with one ambition – to resurrect the Soviet Union … For ambitions of one man, we are paying a very high price.”
"I'm sorry, where should we go? This is our home… we defend it"
Former professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko and his brother, Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, say they will stay in Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasionhttps://t.co/u2gxFQhKyh pic.twitter.com/advEzwHXPT
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Brother Wladimir also added: “There is no reason to attack Ukraine. It’s complete madness … What is happening is terror.
It’s happening in 2022. It’s something one’s mind doesn’t comprehend. You don’t know if you’re going to make it through the day tomorrow. Those nights, hearing explosions all night long and shooting in the street, that does make you feel worried. We’re really counting hours here.
We have no time. We need to act now, we need to stop this madness. All the money that Russia is getting is being used to buy lethal weapons that are killing Ukrainians.”