Four members of the Invictus community in Ukraine lost their lives in Russia’s deadly invasions.
At one point, it was thought that Team Ukraine would only take part in the games virtually or possibly not at all due to the ongoing Russian invasion, which is now reaching its third month and has seen thousands of lives lost and 5 million evacuate the country.
As the team prepares to compete in Paralympic-style games such as wheelchair basketball and other adaptive sports between April 16 and April 22, supporters and teammates will also be thinking of those that didn’t make it to The Hague. In March it was revealed that four members of the Invictus community in Ukraine had died during Russia’s attacks on the country. Sergey Smilin was killed in service on March 18, former Invictus competitors Vladimir Motelchuk and Dmytro Oliynyk lost their lives in rocket attacks on March 29, and former trialist Serhii Karajvan died in combat on March 13.
This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. It is with regret that we report that a member of the Ukrainian Invictus Games community has been confirmed as a fatality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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