'Rocket Launcher instead of Racket'Ukraine Tennis Star Military Training Video Topic
Dec 10, 2024
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According to foreign media including the Daily Mail, Svitolina, ranked 23rd in the world for tennis women, posted a photo of herself holding a portable anti-tank rocket launcher and machine gun on social media in the battleground city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
She said "Harkiv is a special place in my heart. When I started my professional career here at the age of 12, I felt like my hometown" he said.
Svitolina, who is married to fellow tennis player Gael Monfis, 38, is often known for military training in Ukraine during the offseason, according to German media Bild.
Svitolina will leave the country in about a month to prepare for the Australian Open tennis.
Svitolina is from Odessa, Ukraine, and turned professional in 2010 and was ranked fourth in the world in 2017. In 2010, he won the French Open Junior Women's Singles.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Paris on the 8th (local time) that he wanted the war to end as soon as possible and in a justifiable manner, and agreed to continue to cooperate and communicate. Peace through power is possible,' he said, expecting the U.S. to exert its influence on Russia to end the war.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
