Russian handball player Ilya Kozhevnikov died in the war in Ukraine.
The 29-year-old goalkeeper signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Russia to earn on the killings of Ukrainians, but the meeting with the "
The club is remembered as a “bright” and “good -natured” person, but this did not prevent Kozhevnikov from taking part in the bloody aggression of Russia against Ukraine, becoming part of the armed forces that carry death and destruction on the territory of an independent country.
Kozhevnikov’s sports career left no trace at the highest level, and his fate ended not in sports arenas, but in a forest plantation in eastern Ukraine. The handball player played for the teams "
Before this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the former defender of the Russian national football team. 43-year-old Muscovite went to the front to avoid a prison term.