Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk spoke about Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.

A 19-year-old from Kiev said that none of the Russian tennis players apologized to her for what their country is doing to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. According to her, the only problem of athletes from the Russian Federation is that they cannot make a money transfer..

" None of them said they were sorry for what their country was doing to mine.. One player sent me a message, we talked to another. But I did not hear any apologies, not one of them told me that he did not support what was happening... For me, this is a shock.

You don't have to be involved in politics to be human.. Everyone knows what's going on. It hurts me because of this. It hurts me every time I see Russian players when I come to the stadium. Their only problem right now is that they can't transfer money.. That's what they're talking about! I think this is unacceptable. Why Russian tennis players behave like this? I have no explanation for this, I don't know,"

Kostyuk also said that she does not agree that Russian tennis players have not yet been banned from participating in international tournaments..

" In short: look at other sports. Look at the decisions they made.

That's all,"

The Ukrainian tennis player emphasized that she sees not only a positive context in the words “No to war”, because often people who say this mean that Ukraine must surrender. However, Kostyuk is sure that Ukraine will never lay down its arms in front of the invaders..

" We can lose, although personally I don't think it will happen, but by no means will Ukraine ever surrender.. Therefore, today, if you say " Putin will never stop. Everyone knows how violent he is. That's why we're fighting,"