Forever 23: Ukrainian boxer Artem Khan from Nikolaev (photo) was killed in the war
The post states that Artem Khan studied boxing at the Nikolaev Sports School of SDUSSHOR №6. Anna Khan will later be told when the fighter will happen. Artem Khan disappeared under Razum on April 30, 2022, indicated on the search portal for missing people Search. They also clarified in which unit 79 ODSBR the guy fought - in the second battalion of the fifth company. On the portal "0512" added some details about the life of the athlete.
As it turned out, he was born on April 6, 2001, engaged in boxing and mixed martial arts, told his mother in one of the previous interviews. The woman explained that before the war, her son worked in the sports complex of 79 separate landing brigade in Nikolaev. After the war, he joined the fighting. For some time, her mother hoped that Artem was captured - she even saw his name in the lists of prisoners. However, in 2024 the death of the son was confirmed.
Earlier, Focus reported on other dead athletes. For example, on November 17, it became known about the death of Marathon Sergey Ivanenko, whom the Russians were killed near Avdiivka in Donetsk region. Also in November, Kickboxing Champion Serhiy Lysyuk died: he was injured, from which he could not recover. At the same time, the Ministry of Youth and Sports spoke about the fate of another boxer - Ivan Silatysik.
The fighter fought near Kiev and in the Donetsk region as part of the 10 assault brigade "Edelweiss". In total, about 400 athletes were killed in the war in Ukraine - they are written about them on the specialized portal "Angels of Sport". Focus prepared material about 11 of them: boxers, football players, shooters and more. Meanwhile, there is a group of athletes who went abroad during the war and did not return.