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Two Ukrainian Footballers Killed While Fighting Against Russian Invasion

Two Ukrainian players have been killed fighting against the Russian invasion, global footballers’ union FIFPRO has confirmed. Read Also : Russian Businessman Places $1M Bounty For Putin’s Arrest Vitalii Sapylo, 21, and Dmytro Martynenko, 25, lost their lives in combat and have become the first football casualties of the conflict The footballers died in the conflict […]

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Two Ukrainian players have been killed fighting against the Russian invasion, global footballers’ union FIFPRO has confirmed.

Read Also : Russian Businessman Places $1M Bounty For Putin’s Arrest

Vitalii Sapylo, 21, and Dmytro Martynenko, 25, lost their lives in combat and have become the first football casualties of the conflict
The footballers died in the conflict following the military invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on the command of President Vladimir Putin.

Sapylo was a goalkeeper with third-division side Karpaty Lviv’s youth team, while Martynenko last played for second-division side FC Hostomel.
A statement from FIFPRO on Twitter read: “Our thoughts are with the families, friends, and teammates of young Ukrainian footballers Vitalii Sapylo and Dmytro Martynenko, football’s first reported losses in this war. May they both rest in peace.”
Read Also : Russian Football Union To Appeal Against UEFA And FIFA World Cup ban 

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