Ukrainian city mourns champion kickboxer killed fighting Russian troops
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Hundreds of residents of the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk turned out to mourn four-times world kickboxing champion Vitalii Merinov after he was killed in action fighting Russian troops. Merinov, 32, died in a hospital last week after he was wounded in the eastern region of Luhansk, claimed and partially controlled by […]
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Ukrainian troops on the frontline plead for more Western tanks as Putin steps up attacks
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British troops teach Ukrainian soldiers how to win trench warfare against Putin’s forces
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