Usyk asks Trump to visit and help Ukraine

Usyk asks Trump to visit and help Ukraine

The Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion Oleksandr Usyk has asked the American President Donald Trump in an interview with CNN Sports help.

an appeal to Donald Trump

"(President) Donald Trump, please open your eyes, help my people," said Usyk, who is considered one of the greatest sports stars in Ukraine. The WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight continued to emphasize that Trump should meet his campaign promise to end the war. During the presidential election campaign, Trump had promised to stop the conflict within 24 hours.

assume responsibility for words

"He should be responsible for the words he said," said Usyk. "He said that he could end this war in a month or even in one day. He is not responsible for his words. Why does he talk?"

invitation to Kyiv

usyk invited the American president to visit Kiev and offered him to receive him in his house so that he can better understand what the ordinary Ukrainians have to live through day and night, with continuous attacks by drones and rockets.

"I invite him to my home. Should he come to Ukraine. I will provide him with my house and my security guards. I will provide full security," said USYK at CNN Sports. "He should live in my house for a week and see how the rockets fly over him and how people live in Ukraine."

hidden visit for more understanding

"He should come for a week and not just a day, and it should be secret so that nobody knows that he has arrived," added the heavyweight champion. He explained that Moscow would hire his attacks if it knew that Trump was in the country.

"If he comes secretly, he should live somewhere in Obolon or Troyeshyna, where houses and residential buildings are bombarded. ... then he will understand what is happening here."

USYKK's return to home

born in Simferopol, Crimea, Usyk lived on the outskirts of Kiev, but was to a video shoot in London as Russia started his large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. When the Russian tanks approached Kiev, he returned to his home country and joined the territorial defect that defended the capital.

destruction and loss

his family house in Auszel was notorious and devastated by Russian soldiers, while they were maroded by the nearby suburbs of Hostomel, Irpin and Bucha and mass graves and left a trace of the destruction.

The urge to fight

motivated by the ask him to Asked to "fight for the country", Usyk resumed his professional boxing career, but visited the front lines several times and keeps close contact with his comrades. But while he is preparing for a fight against the British Daniel Dubois on July 19, the situation in Ukraine always remains present in his head.

family in the back of the head

"It is a little difficult to balance everything when your family is in Kiev," he said, pointing out that his wife and two daughters stay in the country. "But I just know that my Ukrainian people and my soldiers will protect them."

"It is difficult, but I can switch off to do my work so that I can help my country more later," he said. "I am completely on the fight and my preparation."

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