{"id":1338720,"date":"2022-02-24T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338720"},"modified":"2022-02-24T17:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:38:07","slug":"kyiv-mayor-and-former-boxing-champ-vows-to-take-up-arms-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyiv-mayor-and-former-boxing-champ-vows-to-take-up-arms-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv Mayor and Former Boxing Champ Vows to \u2018Take Up Arms\u2019 for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkyiv-mayor-and-former-boxing-champ-vows-to-take-up-arms-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine\u2019s capital city Kyiv said Thursday he was ready to take up arms against the Russian invasion.<\/span><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Klitschko, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w1uRmKINbuw\">heavyweight boxing champion<\/a>, said his immediate duty was to make sure essential services are provided to his constituents \u2013 but he said he was ready to join other Ukrainian citizens who are prepared to become \u201csoldiers ready to defend our city.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19617586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-91184159.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19617586 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-91184159-1024x768-1.png\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 26: Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine lands a right to the face of Chris Arreloa during their WBC World Championship Heavyweight at the Staples Center on September 26, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Klitschko won by a TKO in the 10th Round. (Photo by Donald Miralle\/Bongarts\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine lands a right to the face of Chris Arreloa during their WBC World Championship Heavyweight at the Staples Center on September 26, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Klitschko won by a TKO in the 10th Round. (Donald Miralle\/Bongarts\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cI believe in Ukraine. I believe in my country. I believe in my people,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Klitschko said the Russian attack was a \u201cnightmare,\u201d not only for Ukraine, but for \u201cthe whole region,\u201d \u201cthe whole of Europe,\u201d and the entire interconnected world, since Russian leader Vladimir Putin has embarked on a bloody quest to \u201crebuild the Soviet Union.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Klitschko said Ukrainians have been tasked to \u201cstand in front of one of the biggest and strongest armies in the world\u201d and fight to \u201cdefend our families, defend our country, our cities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The onetime boxer said it was \u201cpainful, really painful\u201d to see the destruction inflicted on Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Russians have to pay for that\u201d with \u201csanctions,\u201d he said, accusing Moscow of shredding \u201cinternational rules in the world\u201d with its aggressive actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUkraine was always a peaceful country, a peaceful people, but right now we have to take weapons and fight,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Klitschko said Putin has lost his grip on \u201creality\u201d and imagines himself as an \u201cemperor.\u201d He regretfully declared that such ambitions could only be thwarted by armed resistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s already a bloody war,\u201d he observed, mourning the Ukrainians who have already been killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Asked if he was prepared to take up arms himself, Klitschko replied, \u201cI don\u2019t have another choice. I have to do that. I would be fighting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine\u2019s capital city Kyiv said Thursday he was ready to take up arms against the Russian invasion. 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