456 #Ukrainian athletes of national teams have been killed as a result of #Russian aggression - Youth and Sports Minister.

Over 500 sports facilities and 100 youth infrastructure facilities in #Ukraine have been destroyed by #Russian attacks.

"The elite of #Ukrainian sports is now defending our independence and our future with arms. We are suffering very heavy losses. Just recently, a two-time European weightlifting champion was killed,

he took fourth place at the #Rio Olympics [#Oleksandr_Peleshenko, who was in the ranks of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine from the first days of #Russia's full-scale invasion of #Ukraine]," the Minister said.

📹: #DW

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