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From defeating Roger Federer to frontline of war – the Ukrainian tennis player fighting the Russians
1 year, 5 months ago

From defeating Roger Federer to frontline of war – the Ukrainian tennis player fighting the Russians

The Telegraph  

While Elina Svitolina prepares for Thursday’s semi-final against Czech No 7 Marketa Vondrousova, her friend Sergiy Stakhovsky has a very different path ahead of him, leading to the trenches on the road to Mariupol. At 37, Stakhovsky is nine years older than Svitolina, but he was Ukraine’s top-ranked player in his early twenties. “Hopefully it will be happy Monday after …

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Live updates: Zelenskyy vows to keep negotiating with Russia
2 years, 9 months ago

Live updates: Zelenskyy vows to keep negotiating with Russia

Associated Press  

The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will continue negotiating with Russia and is waiting for a meeting with Vladimir Putin. ____ LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it is a “black day” after Russia shelled a military base in the western part of his country. ___ …

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Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

Associated Press  

A relentless assault on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol continued Saturday, as Russian forces shelled the city’s downtown, including an area around a mosque that was sheltering more than 80 people — some children. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow has warned the United States that Moscow could attack convoys carrying military equipment to Ukraine, calling them …

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Ex-tennis pro Stakhovsky in Ukraine ‘with a gun in my hands’
2 years, 9 months ago

Ex-tennis pro Stakhovsky in Ukraine ‘with a gun in my hands’

Associated Press  

About 1 1/2 months after the last match of Sergiy Stakhovsky’s professional tennis career, the 36-year-old Ukrainian left his wife and three young children in Hungary and went back to his birthplace to help however he could during Russia’s invasion. with a gun in my hands,” Stakhovsky said Saturday, rubbing his left cheek with his palm during a video interview …

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called another high-level meeting on Saturday evening to discuss the situation in war-hit Ukraine and India’s evacuation efforts to bring back its citizens, official sources said. Russia’s foreign ministry called on European Union and NATO countries on Saturday to “stop pumping weapons” to Ukraine, the Russian RIA news agency said. The sanctions on Russia over its …

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Russia-Ukraine: Sergiy Stakhovsky insists sporting sanctions will NOT stop Vladimir Putin
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine: Sergiy Stakhovsky insists sporting sanctions will NOT stop Vladimir Putin

Daily Mail  

Former tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky, who has joined the fight against the Russian invasion of his home country Ukraine, admits sporting sanctions alone will not stop Vladimir Putin's army. Former Ukrainian tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky has joined the fight against Russia Part of the Karazin National University campus in the city of Kharkiv is destroyed after being struck by a …

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Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates |
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates |

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a huge Western response to his war on Ukraine, which said it had repelled Russian ground forces nearing its biggest cities. -AP Russia Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions …

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Tennis-Former player Stakhovsky enlists in Ukraine's reserve army
2 years, 9 months ago

Tennis-Former player Stakhovsky enlists in Ukraine's reserve army

The Hindu  

Ukrainian former tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky enlisted in his country's reserve army last week prior to Russia's invasion, he said, despite a lack of military experience, although he can handle a gun. The 36-year-old Stakhovsky, who won four ATP titles and had a shock win over Roger Federer in the second round of Wimbledon in 2013, said on Saturday he …

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