Fencer from Lviv Anastasia Ivchenko joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defend her native land from Russian invaders.
This was announced by the Lviv Regional Council.
" During the war, a courageous woman from Lvov took up arms to resist the Russian invaders.
We believe that our Armed Forces will defeat the Rashists as soon as possible and win the most important victory for Ukraine,"
Anastasia Ivchenko - international master of sports in sword fencing. The athlete repeatedly won and got medals of the championship of Ukraine. She is a silver medalist at the World Junior Championships and also won bronze at the 2013 World Universiade..
Earlier it was reported that famous biathletes became the defenders of the motherland: Anastasia Merkushina, Dmitry Pidruchny, Artem Prima and Anna Krivonos.