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Vasiliy Lomachenko has become the latest Ukrainian boxing star to take up arms in the defence of his country.
A former three-weight world champion, Lomachenko is viewed as one of the best boxers on the planet pound for pound.
The 34-year-old returned to Ukraine this week following Russiaās invasion of the country, and has now announced that he has joined the 'territorial defence battalion' for his hometown of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.
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A photo was posted on Lomachenko's official Facebook page which showed him dressed in military clothing with an assault rifle strapped to his body.
The post included the caption: āThe Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defence Battalion has been formed and armed.
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āIn the territorial defence, boxer Vasily Lomachenko informed the mayor Vitaly Grazhdan.ā
World heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk also returned to Ukraine this week to help defend his homeland.
Meanwhile, former heavyweight champions Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko have also vowed to take up arms in the war.
In a video posted on Instagram, Wladimir called on āthe entire worldā to stop Russiaās aggression in Ukraine.
āI'm Wladimir Klitschko, and I'm addressing the entire world to stop this war that Russia has started,ā said Klitschko.
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āJust today, civilians were shot by the rockets, with special operations, civilians getting killed. And it's happening in the heart of Europe.
āThere is no time to wait because that's going to lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.
āYou need to act now to stop Russian aggression with anything you can have now. In an hour, or tomorrow, is going to be too late.
āPlease, get into action now. Don't wait. Act now. Stop this war.ā
His brother Vitali, who is mayor of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, says he fears of a āhumanitarian crisisā in the country following Russiaās invasion.
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āThe Russians are almost on the border of Kyiv. From here, itās not so far, I guess itās 20km [12 miles] or less,ā he said on Sunday.
āRussians destroyed the economy of our country.
āI expect a huge humanitarian catastrophe in our country because our economy was destroyed.
āOur infrastructure was destroyed. The people donāt have a job, donāt have money. People donāt have a home right now.
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āMillions of people moved from their houses. They destroyed the country.ā
Topics:Ā Vasyl Lomachenko, Boxing