Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminate the brother of a European sitting volleyball champion

According to glavcom.ua: Ukrainian defenders reported that they eliminated the Russian occupier Andrei Sobolev using a drone on June 21. The farewell ceremony will take place today, July 5, in Ulan-Ude (Buryatia, Russia).

This occupier is the brother of the well-known Russian parasport athlete Vitaliy Sobolev, a candidate for master of sports of Russia of international class. He is a silver medalist of the European Championship in sitting volleyball and the captain of the Buryatia sitting volleyball team.

It is also known that the brother of the eliminated occupier works as a wheelchair basketball coach. Another Russian athlete, Mira Andreeva, supported the organization that helps the occupiers by liking posts from another athlete who is under sanctions for supporting the Russian occupiers.

In the modern world, sports and politics often intertwine, and this news is yet another example of the connection between sports, society, and geopolitical events.