Master of sports in handball Roman Pronyuk died in Bakhmut defending Ukraine.

This was reported by the Handball Federation of Ukraine.

On February 28, Roman could have turned 48 years old. The hero defended the country even before the start of a full-scale military invasion of Russia and was in the ATO zone.

Roman Pronyuk is from the city of Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.. In the past, he played for the handball clubs SKA-Lviv (1995-2003, 2005-2012) and Energetik Netishin (2003-2005). In 1995 and 1996, he participated in European Cup tournaments, and also became the silver medalist of the 1995 Ukrainian Spartakiad..

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Earlier it was reported that a famous Ukrainian athlete died in the battles near Bakhmut.