World boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk joins Ukrainian army to defend homeland

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Lomachenko is the former world champion lightweight, flyweight and featherweight fighter who achieved international fame for claiming Olympic gold in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, as well as for his amateur record of almost 400 victories to just one defeat. He turned professional in 2013 and has resided with his wife and two children in California.

However, the boxer has returned to his home region close to Odesa on the Black Sea, where Ukrainian ships have come under missile attack, according to recent reports. He has joined with Vitaliy Grazhdan, the mayor of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, who has stated online that the ranks of local defence forces are swelling “every hour”.

Wladimir Klitschko joined the reserve forces in Kyiv, and his brother Vitali, the mayor of the capital, has pledged to fight the Russian invasion.

Dayana Yastremska, the Ukrainian tennis star, has been forced to flee to France from Odesa with her younger sister, as civilians continue to seek shelter in neighboring countries and further afield.

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