Coach of the Ukrainian national boxing team Dmitry Sosnovsky shared his thoughts on why the ex-champion in three divisions Vasily Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) has still not publicly condemned Russian aggression.
“I think the question of why Vasily has not yet publicly condemned Russian aggression can also be asked of his father. I don’t know, I don’t communicate with them. I have one worldview, maybe they have another. I was born in Siberia because my mother was sent there “for providing practical assistance to nationalist gangs.” So we have some beliefs, maybe they have others.
I don’t communicate with him, but perhaps he still believes that we are fraternal peoples. What else needs to be done to change the worldview? It’s difficult for me to draw any conclusions and I wouldn’t want to.
When people ask me about that team, I would like to talk about them as athletes. It really was a good boxing squad, a strong team. It’s difficult for me to talk to them about the war. We didn’t communicate about this. When we were on the team, I told them “Glory to Ukraine,” “Glory to the Heroes.” Hymn. They knew it, they carried it out,” Sosnowski said.
