Secretary General of the Kyokushin Federation of Russia Sergey Uvitsky died in Donbas while participating in the war against Ukraine.
This was announced on Wednesday, February 1, by the press service of the federation..
41-year-old Uvitsky fought against Ukraine in the volunteer detachment of the Russian Union of Martial Arts "
In particular, Sergey Plekhanov (two-time Oyama Cup champion in Japan, Japanese K1 champion), Viktor Gorn (World Cup champion, European champion), Vsevolod Mokhirev (coach and head of one of the city's Kyokushin organizations) and others. The detachment commander was Ramil Gabbasov (executive director of the RSBM and director of the All-Style Karate Federation).
Uvitsky was the silver medalist of the 2010 European Championship, the winner and multiple medalist of the championships of the aggressor country.
Earlier it was reported that the famous Russian hockey player Alexander Podstavkin died in the war in Ukraine..