U-Vitaly Merinov, ongumpetha womhlaba we-kickboxing amahlandla amane, ushone ngesonto eledlule esibhedlela ngenxa yokulimala emilenzeni ngesikhathi elwela amasosha ase-Ukraine eLuhansk. Lo msubathi wajoyina ibutho lase-Ukraine njengevolontiya ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuqale ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine. Phakathi nempi, wabelwa e-Ivano-Frankivsk.
IMeya uRuslan Marcinkov ukuqinisekisile ukushona kukaMerinov, 32, oshiye ngemuva unkosikazi nengane encane.
Iziphathimandla eKiev zilinganisele ukuthi abasubathi base-Ukraine abangama-262 bafa bevikela izwe labo kubahlaseli baseRussia.
Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, uhulumeni wase-Ukraine ucele i-International Olympic Committee (IOC) ukuthi ikhiphe abasubathi baseRussia nabaseBelarusian emidlalweni yama-Olympic ezayo ezoba seParis ngonyaka ozayo.
UMerinov akuyena yedwa umshayisibhakela oshona elwa namaRussia - umpetha womhlaba we-kickboxing wase-Ukraine uMaxim Kagal washona ngoMashi wonyaka odlule empini yaseMariupol njengengxenye yamabutho akhethekile e-"Azov Battalion" esabekayo.
UMykola Zabchuk, naye owayengumdlali we-kickboxer, ushone ngesikhathi kuhlasela iRussia. Phakathi kwabanye abasubathi abadumile base-Ukraine abalahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo kukhona umdlali webhola lezinyawo uSergey Balanchuk, uLudmila Chernetska (ukwakha umzimba), u-Alexander Serbinov (wezokusubatha), kubika umagazini othi “Sports Angels”. Lona umagazini owadalwa ngonyaka odlule ngosizo lweKomidi Lezemidlalo lase-Ukraine ukubika ngesimo sabasubathi kuleli zwe, futhi osekushicilele wonke amacala abasubathi base-Ukraine abafileyo.
