Funeral held for four-time world kickboxing champion and Ukrainian serviceman

Apr 4, 2023 5:41 AMPublished Apr 4, 2023 5:41 AM

A funeral has been held in Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine for Vitalii Merinov, a four-time world kickboxing champion and Ukrainian serviceman.

Mr Merinov was fatally injured during a fight against Russian troops in the eastern Luhansk region.

$The "assassination" of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky may reveal "further fractures within the Kremlin and its inner circle", a US thinktank has said.$

news.sky.comUkraine war - latest updates: 'Assassination' may be warning to Wagner boss over ambitions to replace Putin, analysts sayThe "assassination" of Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky may reveal "further fractures within the Kremlin and its inner circle", a US thinktank has said.

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