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According to Ukrainska Pravda, an athlete, the champion of Ukraine in kickboxing, who also won the title of world champion in Thai boxing (Muay Thai) Alexey Yanin died in the battles for Mariupol.
It is clarified that he served in a separate special purpose detachment of the National Battalion “Azov” (recognized as extremist, banned in the Russian Federation) of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Youth and Sports reported the death of an athlete on April 24, but Yanin died much earlier, on the night of April 7 in Mariupol during the fighting.