U-Vitaly Merinov, intshatsheli ye-kickboxing yehlabathi amaxesha amane, usweleke kwiveki ephelileyo esibhedlele ngenxa yokwenzakala emilenzeni ngelixa besilwela imikhosi yase-Ukraine eLuhansk. Umdlali wajoyina umkhosi waseUkraine njengevolontiya kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokuqala kohlaselo lwaseRashiya eUkraine. Ebudeni bemfazwe, wabelwa eIvano-Frankivsk.
USodolophu uRuslan Marcinkov ukuqinisekisile ukusweleka kukaMerinov oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala, oshiya ngasemva umfazi nomntwana omncinci.
Abasemagunyeni eKiev baqikelela ukuba iimbaleki zaseUkraine ezingama-262 zafa zikhusela ilizwe labo kubahlaseli baseRussia.
Ngenxa yesi sizathu, urhulumente wase-Ukraine ucele iKomiti ye-Olimpiki yamazwe ngamazwe (i-IOC) ukuba ingabandakanyi abadlali baseRashiya nabaseBelarusian kwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki ezayo eya kubanjelwa eParis ngonyaka ozayo.
UMerinov ayisiyiyo kuphela imbethi-manqindi ekhabayo ebhubhileyo esilwa namaRussia – intshatsheli yehlabathi yaseUkraine yokukhaba amanqindi uMaxim Kagal yasweleka ngoMatshi kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwidabi laseMariupol njengenxalenye yomkhosi okhethekileyo we “Azov Battalion” eyoyikekayo.
UMykola Zabchuk, naye owayengumdlali we-kickboxer, wasweleka ngexesha lohlaselo lwaseRashiya. Phakathi kwabanye abadlali abadumileyo baseUkraine abaphulukana nobomi babo ngumdlali webhola uSergey Balanchuk, uLudmila Chernetska (ukwakha umzimba), u-Alexander Serbinov (i-athletics), ubika iphephancwadi elithi "Sports Angels". Eli liphephancwadi eliye ladalwa kunyaka odlulileyo ngoncedo lweKomiti yeMidlalo yaseUkraine ukunika ingxelo ngemeko yeembaleki kweli lizwe, kwaye ngoku sele ipapashe zonke iimeko zabadlali be-Ukraine abafileyo.
