Sergei Kuznetsov, a member of the hand-to-hand combat team of the Ukrainian national army, received a Russian passport. Telegram channel reports this Puree.
After numerous checks, the athlete received Russian documents. Now he is going to his family.
Kuznetsov served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). After being hospitalized and forcibly removed for treatment, he decided to become an athlete so he could travel outside Ukraine. As part of the Ukrainian national team, Kuznetsov went to Poland for the European Championship, and from there came to Russia via the Czech Republic.
36-year-old Igor Kasyanenko, formerly the physical education coach of Odessa Chernomorets escaped He left the team’s location after the training camp in Turkey and did not return to Ukraine with the club.
Sport.ua publication reported that Kasyanenko, a native of Lugansk, left for the United States, where he plans to continue living with his family in Miami.
Previously Ukrainian world champion escaped due to the threat of mobilization.