Vitali Klitschko, former world boxing champion and mayor of Kiev, is ready to defend Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion. “I will defend Kiev, gun in hand,” said the 50-year-old in an interview with the AFP news agency.
In view of the massive Russian troop deployment on the border with Ukraine, Klitschko is currently preparing for a possible attack: “I train all the time, as a former officer and head of territorial defense I do further training,” said Klitschko in his mayor’s office, which is one of his world champion belt is decorated. “I’m going to a shooting range. I can shoot almost any weapon».
The idea that Russia might attack Ukraine is “terrible,” said Klitschko. The thought is scary. “But there’s a good saying: If you want peace, be ready for war.”
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