Ukraine continues to lose its brave defenders, repelling a full-scale invasion of Russian troops. After the death of drifter pilot Evgeny Perepelitsa, the sad news about the death of another athlete appeared.

European hand-to-hand combat champion Vadim Sotnikov died in battles with invaders. This was reported by the Krivoy Rog Federation of hand-to-hand combat on Facebook. Details and the place of death of the Ukrainian athlete are not indicated..

Sotnikov volunteered to go to the front since the beginning of the full-scale war that the Russian Federation launched against Ukraine on February 24. The brothers gave him the call sign " His pupils successfully performed at Ukrainian and international competitions.

Sotnikov repeatedly became the champion of Ukraine in hand-to-hand combat, won the gold of the continental championship and won other international tournaments.

Recall that more than 50 Ukrainian athletes were killed in more than 90 days of a large-scale war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine..