Ukrainian handball champion Yevhen Kolesnichenko died
near
Bakhmut , Donetsk region.
The Handball Federation of Ukraine announced the sad news.
Yevhen served in an assault unit.
On the day of the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, February 24, 2022, he joined the Kyiv Teroborona, and then found himself in the hottest spots of the front.
Kolesnichenko was a master of sports in handball.
As part of Shakhtar Donetsk, he became the champion of Ukraine three times.
In addition, Yevhen was called up to the national team.
The deceased is survived by his wife and three children.
It was previously reported that Oleksiy Rubtsov, a fan of Dynamo Kyiv,
died while defending Ukraine from rioters
.
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