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'Inhumane' - 2018 Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko ‘speechless’ after seeing figure skaters at Putin rally

Former Olympic and world figure skating champion Aljona Savchenko has told Eurosport that she was left “speechless” when she saw figure skaters at a pro-war rally in Moscow recently. Inside the Games reported that the figure skaters — understood to be Nikita Katsalapov, Victoria Sinitsina, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov — were photographed standing on stage during a pro-war rally organised last week by Vladimir Putin to drum up support for his invasion of Ukraine. Ad/> Savchenko, who was born in Ukraine but represented Germany, told Eurosport: “I was speechless when I saw that.

Ukraine's football great Andriy Shevchenko steps up relief efforts for his country's war victims

Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko said he will use his platform to tell the world the truth about Russia's invasion of his country and step up efforts to raise humanitarian aid for victims of the crisis. One of Ukraine's greatest players and a former coach of the national team, Shevchenko said he was in shock for the first two days of the invasion, which Moscow describes as a "special military operation." "But I soon got to thinking about how best I could help my country. I decided the best way was to use my platform, speak up, tell people the truth about what's going on and raise humanitarian aid," Shevchenko told the Times newspaper.

Shevchenko steps up relief efforts for Ukrainian war victims

Former Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko said he will use his platform to tell the world the truth about Russia's invasion of his country and step up efforts to raise humanitarian aid for victims of the crisis.

'Prank' video with Defence Secretary emerges after UK blames Kremlin for hoaxes

Ministers are bracing themselves for more videos to emerge after a 'prank' call with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace surfaced online in the wake of Britain blaming Vladimir Putin's Russia for attempted hoaxes. Downing Street accused the Kremlin of being behind the efforts to secure sensitive or embarrassing information in duplicitous calls ahead of the first footage being published on Monday evening.

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'Inhumane' - 2018 Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko ‘speechless’ after seeing figure skaters at Putin rally

Ukraine's football great Andriy Shevchenko steps up relief efforts for his country's war victims

Shevchenko steps up relief efforts for Ukrainian war victims

'Prank' video with Defence Secretary emerges after UK blames Kremlin for hoaxes

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