“Putin, we will dance on your grave”

Sergiy Stakhovskyrenowned Ukrainian tennis player, decided to leave his vacation in Dubai next to his family to return to his country and join the Army reservists who are defending the capital Kiev.

Stakhovsky, 36, lives in Hungary and it was in said country where he left his wife and three children to join the fight faced by thousands of his compatriots before the Russian invasion and attacks.

“I was born here, my grandparents are buried here and I would like to have a story to tell my children. No one here wants Russia to release themthey have freedom and democracy… and Russia wants to bring despair and poverty.

Ukrainian Tennis Pro Sergiy Stakhovsky made the heartbreaking decision to leave his wife and children in Hungary to join the Ukrainian forces fighting against Russia. pic.twitter.com/VorVIsCUyO

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 2, 2022

“It is impossible to make such a decision without hesitation. I have a wife and three children… If I stayed at home, I would feel culpable for not having returned (to Ukraine), and now that I am here, I feel culpable for leaving them at home,” he said in an interview with CNN.

The athlete explained the difficulty and reaction of his wife when he found out that he would return to Ukraine to fight: “Of course, she was angry. She understood (what was) the reason for me, but for her it was a betrayal. And I totally understand why she feels that way.”

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His children, all under the age of 7, believe that he is in a tennis tournament, since neither Sergiy nor his wife informed them of the reason for his departure: “My wife did not tell them and I did not tell them where I am going… I guess they’ll find out soon”.

Stakhovsky He has been in Ukraine for a few days and through social networks he has remained active making a kind of blog in which he reports what happens with the Russian attacks.

Stakhovsky: “Putin, we will dance on your grave.” pic.twitter.com/MlYo0VViYF

— Quentin Moynet (@QuentinMoynet) March 1, 2022

He recently reported that people are in good spirits and willing not to give up. Additionally, she shared a photo on Instagram of a bombed-out building with a blunt message: “Putin, we will dance on your grave”.

The top representative of Ukrainian tennis for the last decade and winner of four ATP titles praised the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and said that he will not hesitate to take a rifle to fight the Russian army: “I have no military experience, I have experience with weapons privately. I know how to use a weapon, if I have to use it, I will”.

Here we go..day 8 of #RussiaInvadedUkraine

— Sergiy Stakhovsky (@Stako_tennis) March 4, 2022

Sergio announced his retirement from tennis just a few weeks after playing the Australian Open in January. He had a career of 18 years and was known worldwide when in Wimbledon 2013 defeated Roger Federerin addition to becoming number 31 in the world.

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