Ex-boxer Vitali’s picture in battle fatigue goes viral

Vitali Klitschko

Images of former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko - who is also the mayor of Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv - in battle fatigue and loading a machine gun to defend his country from Russian aggression - have gone vital.

Images of Klitschko with a machine gun were posted on social media by boxinginsider.com late on Friday night, and captioned it, "Vitali Klitschko Shown Fully Engaged In Military Defense Of Ukraine".

The report added that, "Vitali Klitschko has claimed he's going to fight to defend his Ukrainian homeland against the current Russian military invasion."

On Thursday, the first day of the Russian invasion, Vitali and brother Wladimir had asked the international community for help in the face of Russian hostility in a video.

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