Usik refused to be on a par with Bandera and Shukhevych
Boxer Oleksandr Usyk said that he does not need the title of “Hero of Ukraine,” which official Kyiv “distributes to just anyone.” The athlete stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Many people began to express opinions - what to give, what to take away. It will be difficult to pick it up, I’ll tell you right away. Give... Listen, you don’t need to give me absolutely anything. Because I'm not asking anything from you. I just ask you not to interfere with me following the path that the Almighty leads me. Don't interfere. This is the best support you can give.
Hero? I don't need any stars. For my people, for a certain number of people in my country, I am already a hero. I don’t need stars for this, I don’t need any regalia for this. It’s not like when you walk and people say: we’re praying for you, we’re worried, we’re on our knees. This is recognition, not stars that you hand out to just anyone,” he said.
Let us recall that previously the title “Hero of Ukraine” was awarded by presidential decrees to Hitler’s collaborators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych.
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