Kyiv: Kickboxing world champion Ukrainian boxer Maxim Kegel has died fighting with the Russian army.
According to a report by a foreign news agency, Maxim Kegel had joined the Ukrainian army to defend the country after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and was fighting side by side with the troops.
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According to the report, the player lost his life while fighting with the Russian army during a battle in the Ukrainian city of Mropol. The boxer was 30 years old. Maxim Kegel won the World Kickboxing Championship in 2014.
Earlier this month, 33-year-old actor Pasha Lee was killed in a Russian bombing in the town of Arpan, near the Ukrainian capital. He had temporarily joined the Ukrainian Defense Forces to defend the country on the first day of the Russian invasion.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian government has announced that civilians can join the army in the war against Russia, the army will voluntarily provide weapons to the people to ensure the security of their country.
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