Usyk invites Trump to spend a week in Ukraine

Usyk invites Trump to spend a week in Ukraine

cnn-the world champion in heavyweight boxes, Oleksandr USYK, has in an interview with CNN Sports appeals to US President Donald Trump in its struggle against the comprehensive Russian To help.

Apell to the President

"(President) Donald Trump, please open (your) eyes and help my people," said Usyk - undoubtedly the largest sports star in Ukraine - to CNN. The WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight champion emphasized that Trump had to redeem his election promise to end the war. During the US presidential campaign, Trump promised to stop the conflict within 24 hours.

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 a day. He shows no responsibility for his statements. Why does he speak?"

invitation to Kyiv

usyk also invited the American president to visit Kiev and offered to accommodate him in his house so that Trump can better understand what people in Ukraine experience every day - with repeated attacks by drones and rockets.

"I offer him my home. Let him come to Ukraine. I will give him my house and my security guards. I will take care of his full security," said USYK to CNN Sports. "Let him live in my house for a week and see how the rockets fly over it and how people live in Ukraine."

mysterious visit

"He should not only come for a day, but a week, and the secret so that nobody knows that he has arrived," added the heavyweight world champion and explained that Moscow would hire his attacks if they knew that he was in the country. "When he comes secretly, let him live in one of the districts of Kiev, such as Obolon or Troyeshyna, where houses and residential buildings are bombarded. ... then he will understand what happens here."

return to home

born in Simferopol, Crimea, Usyk lived on the outskirts of Kiev when he was in London to turn sequences for a video game when Russia began with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. When the Russian tanks advanced on Kiev, he returned to his home country and joined the territorial defense forces who defend the capital.

Experience destruction

his family home in Auszel was occupied and devastated by Russian soldiers, while they were drawn through the nearby suburbs of Hostomel, Irpin and Bucha, which left a trace of destruction and Mass graves left.

fight for Ukraine

spurred on by the appeals wounded Ukrainian soldiers who urged him to "fight for the country", Usyk resumed his professional boxing career, but was also at the front several times and stays tight contact with his comrades. Even during his preparation for the fight against Briton Daniel Dubois on July 19, who could make him undisputed heavyweight world champion, Ukraine always remains in his focus.

family in Kyiv

"It is a little difficult to balance all of this when your family is in Kiev," he said, emphasizing that his wife and two daughters continue to live in the country. "But I only know that my Ukrainian people and my Ukrainian soldiers will protect them."

"It's difficult, but I can concentrate to do my job so that I can do more for my country later," he said. "I'm completely on fight and my preparation."