Vitaly Merinov, 'mampoli oa lefats'e oa kickboxing ka makhetlo a mane, o hlokahetse bekeng e fetileng sepetlele ka lebaka la likotsi tsa maoto tse ileng tsa etsoa ha a ntse a loanela mabotho a hlometseng a Ukraine Luhansk. Moatlelete o ile a kena sesoleng sa Ukraine e le moithaopi matsatsi a seng makae feela ka mor'a ho qala ha tlhaselo ea Russia ea Ukraine. Nakong ea ntoa, o ile a abeloa ho ea Ivano-Frankivsk.
Ramotse Ruslan Marcinkov o netefalitse lefu la Merinov ea lilemo li 32, ea sieang mosali le ngoana e monyane.
Ba boholong Kiev ba hakantse hore baatlelete ba 262 ba Ukraine ba shoele ba sireletsa naha ea habo bona khahlanong le bahlaseli ba Russia.
Ka lebaka lena, 'muso oa Ukraine o kōpile Komiti ea Machaba ea Liolimpiki (IOC) hore e se ke ea kenyelletsa baatlelete ba Russia le Belarusian Lipapaling tsa Liolimpiki tse tlang tse tla tšoareloa Paris selemong se tlang.
Merinov ha se eena feela ralitebele oa kickboxer ea shoeleng a loana le Marussia - 'mampoli oa lefats'e oa kickboxing oa Ukraine Maxim Kagal o hlokahetse ka Hlakubele selemong se fetileng ntoeng ea Mariupol e le karolo ea mabotho a khethehileng a "Azov Battalion" e tšosang.
Mykola Zabchuk, eo le eena e neng e le sebapali sa kickboxer, o ile a hlokahala nakong ea tlhaselo ea Russia. Har'a baatlelete ba bang ba tummeng ba Seukraine ba ileng ba lahleheloa ke bophelo ba bona ke sebapali sa bolo ea maoto Sergey Balanchuk, Ludmila Chernetska (kaho ea 'mele), Alexander Serbinov (lipapali), ho tlaleha makasine ea "Sports Angels". Ena ke makasine e ileng ea bōptjoa selemong se fetileng ka thuso ea Komiti ea Lipapali ea Ukraine ho tlaleha ka boemo ba baatlelete naheng eo, 'me ho fihlela joale e hatisitse linyeoe tsohle tsa baatlelete ba shoeleng ba Ukraine.
