‘We don’t want pity’: Ukrainian war veterans face off in amputee boxing championship
Artem Khrebet emerged victorious from what organisers say was world-first competitive bout between double amputees
Footwork decides a boxing match, they say. In Ukraine, the tired cliche took on a new meaning.
On Saturday, two Ukrainian war veterans faced off on prosthetic legs in what organisers called the world’s first competitive bout between double-amputee fighters.
Top: Artem Khrebet (left) and Mykhailo Drobotenko (right), both war veterans, during the weigh-in ceremony
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