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Vasyl Lomachenko is rumored to return to the ring this summer to fight lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr., but he has some business to attend to back home first.
On Sunday afternoon, Lomachenko posted a picture of himself carrying a rifle while stationed with the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defense Battalion.
Vasyl Lomachenko has joined the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defense Battalion in Ukraine to defend his country from Vladimir Putin’s invasion by Russia… pic.twitter.com/LWFDcUhFAB
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 27, 2022
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Three-division world champion @VasylLomachenko has suited up to help defend Ukraine from invasion. (via @MikeCoppinger)
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— ESPN Ringside (@ESPNRingside) February 28, 2022
Vasiliy Lomachenko, ESPN’s No. 8 pound-for-pound boxer, has joined a territorial defense battalion in Ukraine as the country attempts to fend off an invasion from Russia.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist is shown armed in military fatigues in an image posted to his Facebook page on Sunday. The 34-year-old traveled to Greece as the attack began Thursday but returned to his home outside Odessa to be with his family.
Lomachenko joins former boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, who are reportedly on the frontlines fighting the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko defending his country 🇺🇦 #IStandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini pic.twitter.com/0cOHOBVIoy
— Natia Seskuria (@nseskuria) February 25, 2022