Junior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former swimmer and coach Vladimir Ulyanitsky died in battle with Russian invaders in the Donetsk region, the Swimming Federation of the Nikolaev region reports on his Facebook.

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Vladimir Ulyanitsky was a swimming coach at the Zorya Sports Complex. Prior to that, he repeatedly became the winner of the championships of the Nikolaev region, was a participant in the championships of Ukraine as part of the national team of his region.

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..

The native city of the athlete Nikolaev was under shelling by the occupiers throughout the entire period of the war, and the shells hit residential buildings.

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Earlier it was reported that Russian shells hit the house of the Ukrainian European diving champion in Nikolaev.