Ukraine-Russia Conflict: 80-Year-Old Ukrainian Man Tries To Enlist Into Army, Photo Goes Viral
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Ukraine-Russia Conflict: 80-Year-Old Ukrainian Man Tries To Enlist Into Army, Photo Goes Viral

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New Delhi: An 80-year-old Ukrainian man has won many hearts after he tried to enlist in the army, he said that he was doing this for his grandkids. According to a Reuters report, Sergiy Stakhovsky former tennis player enlisted in his country's reserve army last week, despite a lack of military experience, although he can handle a gun he said. I don’t have military experience, but I do have experience with a gun privately.” Another sportsman, former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko also enlisted in Ukraine's reserve army this month, saying that love for his country compelled him to defend it, reported Reuters. A couple in their early 20s Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin moved their May wedding date and got married two days ago only to join the country's resistance force against Russia. after their wedding, they both joined the local Territorial Defense Center to help efforts to defend the country.#Ukraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/EUxb6XyAVu — Ukraine Updates February 25, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video message calls Europeans with "combat experience" to take arms and defend Ukraine.

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