He added: 'We stayed in front of one of the strongest armies in the world. Vitali also applauded the 'amazing' and 'huge patriotic movement' from Ukrainians who had stayed to fight the Russians, with 'old people, doctors and actors' all taking up arms to create a makeshift army. It's our future and somebody wants to come to our home and steal our future from us.' And we're ready to die for our home country and for our families, because it's our home.
He told CNN: 'We're not interested in how strong the Russian army is, we're ready to fight. This month Vitali and his brother Wladimir – who is also a former world heavyweight boxing champion – revealed that they were 'ready to die' for Ukraine. He won the mayoral elections with nearly 60 per cent of the votes and was sworn in as mayor in June 2014.
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It came after Ukraine rejected Russia's offer to open up 'humanitarian corridors' from the besieged cities of Sumy, Mariupol, Kharkiv and Kyiv - which have been hammered by artillery strikes for days with Mariupol cut off from electricity and water supplies - because the routes led either to Russian territory or its ally, Belarus.īorn in Belovodskoe, Kyrgyzstan, in 1971, Klitschko entered the world of professional boxing in 1996.Īlso known as Dr Ironfist, Vitali won his first 24 fights by either early or technical knockout and has also has won three world heavyweight boxing championships.Īfter his retirement from boxing, Vitali confirmed that he would be taking part in the 2014 Ukrainian presidential elections but he later announced that he had changed his mind and would run instead for the post Mayor of Kyiv. Hundreds of civilians were pictured trying to flee the city of Irpin, to the west of Kyiv, which has been the scene of heavy Russian bombardment in recent days - helped across a partially-destroyed bridge by members of the Ukrainian military who had blow it up days earlier to slow the Russian advance Residents of Irpin flee heavy fighting via a destroyed bridge as Russian forces enter the cityĮarlier today horrifying images laid bare the refugee crisis in Ukraine as Russia continues to shell civilians trying to flee bomb-ravaged cities, after Kyiv rejected Moscow's offer to open 'humanitarian corridors' when it emerged that some of the routes led straight to its territory.