In Kupyansk (Kharkiv region), Russian invaders kidnapped Ukrainian champion in BMX cycling Oleksandr Chub, the athlete’s sister Yana Volovyk told about this, Suspilna reports..

According to her, Alexander was kidnapped on June 12 and since then his whereabouts have remained unknown..

Recently, Yana learned about a video distributed by pro-Russian media, in which Chub admits to cooperating with the Ukrainian army and possessing weapons that he allegedly planned to transfer to the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the counteroffensive..

Volovik assures that all this is an outright lie that his brother was forced to tell under torture.. He was kidnapped solely because of a clear pro-Ukrainian position.

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

Ukrainian troops continue the counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region and try to push the invaders to the border.

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Earlier it was reported that the Russian invaders destroyed the well-known sports complex in Kharkov.