date of publication:
February 27 2022 17:41 GMT
Update date: Feb 27 2022 18:15 GMT
Ukraine’s national fencing team withdraws from its Russian counterpart in the round of sixteen of the World Championships hosted by Cairo
Source: Ahmed Nabil – Erm News
The Ukrainian men’s fencing team withdrew from its Russian counterpart in the team competitions in the round of 16 of the World Cup hosted by Egypt in the indoor hall at Cairo International Stadium and concluded later on Sunday.
The team competitions drew Russia against Ukraine, and the Ukrainian team attended the covered hall. Its players wore the national team shirts and stood facing the Russian team, so that the leader gave a speech and then announced the withdrawal of the team in front of his Russian counterpart.
Then the Ukrainian team greeted the fans, who exchanged a guard salute and applause, after which the Ukrainian players raised banners written in English “Stop Russia and the war on Ukraine” and “Save Ukraine and save Europe.”
Russia’s Anton Prudashev won the gold medal in the men’s singles competitions after defeating his compatriot Vladislav Melnikov 15-6 to take the silver medal.
This comes at a time when the Russian aggression against Ukraine continues for the fourth consecutive day, as the streets of central Kiev were almost empty of pedestrians today, Sunday, as the authorities appealed to residents to stay in bunkers and shelters as Russian forces continued to bombard the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, but some are still trying to leave the city. Despite the imposition of a curfew.
The capital is still under the control of the Ukrainian government on the fourth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rallied his supporters despite Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
Hundreds of stranded commuters waited at Kiev’s main train station to board trains heading west, away from the fighting in the east of the country on the border with Russia.
The United Nations said nearly 400,000 people have fled abroad since Russian President Vladimir Putin began the invasion, while an organization that monitors protests said Russian police have arrested more than 900 people in anti-war protests in 44 Russian cities, leading to an increase in the number of cases. Arrests since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 to more than four thousand people.
Global rejection of the Russian war on Ukraine is mounting, especially from Western European countries and the United States of America, which are appealing to President Putin to withdraw from Ukraine.