Passages: Ukrainian Water Polo Participant Yevhen Obedinsky Killed in Mariupol
Yevhen Obedinsky, a former captain of the Ukrainian males’s water polo crew, was killed on March 17 within the Russian-led siege of Mariupol.
Obedinsky was 39 years previous. Per experiences in Ukraine, his 12-year-old daughter Kira Obedinsky was taken to Russian occupied Donetsk, the place she was handled for minor shrapnel wounds. An international campaign is being carried out to return Kira to the custody of her grandfather.
The household has had contact with the daughter. Yevhen was her solely surviving mother or father after her mom died in childbirth. She is one in all Yevhen’s three kids.
Yevhen Obedinsky (in Russian, his first identify is written as Evgeny) died on March 17 in a number of the most intense combating in Russia’s invasion of the nation. He was a former captain of the Ukrainian nationwide crew who gained a number of nationwide titles with Illichivets Mariupol. He had survived a battle with a mind tumor.
His father, Oleksandr Obedinsky, was a coach for the nationwide crew. He was the one to announce the death of his son via social media.
Ukraine is a minor participant among the many European water polo powers. The nation has performed in a single Olympic Video games (1996) and three European Championships, none since 1997.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to widespread condemnation, together with the banning of Russian and Belorussian athletes from worldwide competitors by our bodies together with FINA.
