Ukrainian boxing champion Oleksandr USYK urged the American president Donald Trump “Open your eyes” to the war of your country.
The truck fighter called Trump in the midst of peacetime talks between Washington, Kyiv and Moscow. Without a viewThe president seems to lack patience with the process and the war continues to rage in the meantime.
“Hey, President Trump – Open Eyes, please,” Usyk said in a next interview Piers Morgan not censored. “(What) Russia does (ING), the whole world knows that it is bulls.
“It's my territory, the territory of my country is my people, of course.”
On Monday Trump said he believed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was 'Ready to abandon Crimea to Russia as part of a peace agreement, despite the resolution previously of any permanent loss of territory against Vladimir Putin. Asked if Kyiv was ready to Lose Crimea in Moscowwhich Zelensky had excluded last weekThe American president said, “I think yes.”
Moscow, who has occupied Crimea since an invasion of the field in 2014, said that she did not see the South Peninsula as part of the negotiations.
The Usyk has been a frank support for Ukraine's struggle against Russia since the start of the war three years ago.
In March, the Usyk visited an energy factory destroyed in Ukraine to see the effects of war on critical infrastructure in its homeland.
“It is incredible that after each attack, regardless of the size of destruction, energy workers continue to repair the equipment and restore light to the Ukrainians,” he said. “These people themselves radiate with light and hope. Ukraine needs the world's help to restore its energy sector; It is our shared battle ”,
The USYK World Heavy World Championship belt was supposed to be a goodwill gift from his friend Zelensky to the American president for Its now famous visit to the White House earlier this year.
However, after the conversation has become sour, Zelensky said he had never given Trump's belt, and instead, he was left on an extra table in the oval office.
“I don't know,” said Zelensky about the location of the price. “Maybe it's still sitting there.” According to Time MagazineA member of the White House staff later found the belt and brought it to the private dining room of Trump.
Trump increased the pressure on kyiv on Crimea, saying that “Crimea will remain with Russia” in an interview with Time published on Friday. “Zelensky understands this and everyone understands that it has been with them for a long time,” he added.
“This is an agreement concluded,” said Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, about Crimea in an interview with CBS News' Face the nation program. “Russia does not negotiate its own territory.”
When asked if he had “liked” the comments of the American president, Lavrov said: “It is not a question of loving or not to love. It is the fact that he said the truth. “
The full interview between Usyk Piers Morgan is to broadcast on YouTube later this week.
