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25th February 2022
10:21am GMT

"I don't have another choice, I have to do that," he told ITV's Good Morning Britain. "I'll be fighting."
"I believe in Ukraine, I believe in my country and I believe in my people," the 50-year-old added.
https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1496844275870359553Vitali's younger brother Wladimir, also a former heavyweight champion, confirmed that he had enlisted for Ukraine's reserve army earlier this month.
In a LinkedIn post on Thursday, he said: "The Ukrainian people are strong. And it will remain true to itself in this terrible ordeal. A people longing for sovereignty and peace. A people who consider the Russian people their brothers.
"It knows that they basically do not want this war. The Ukrainian people have chosen democracy.
"But: Democracy is a fragile regime. Democracy cannot defend itself; it needs the will of the citizens, the commitment of everyone. Basically, there is no democracy without democrats."
The siblings had appeared together in a video earlier in the week in which they appealed to Ukraine's international partners to show their support for the country.
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