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Ukrainian refugee's boxing academy provides joy and confidence for UK youngsters
A Ukrainian forced to flee to the UK by constant Russian bombardment has launched a boxing academy to provide joy and self-confidence for young people in his new home city. Oleksandr Pohodin, 35, came to the UK from Chernivtsi, in south-western Ukraine on June 16 2022 via the Homes For Ukraine scheme alongside his wife Zhanna, who is now 40 and currently pregnant, and their children - Nika, 15, Polina, eight, and Matvii, six. Mr Pohodin, who had his own sports club in Ukraine and was a former amateur boxer with nearly 150 bouts to his name, said he loved life back in his home country.
A Ukrainian forced to flee to the UK by constant Russian bombardment has launched a boxing academy to provide joy and self-confidence for young people in his new home city. Oleksandr Pohodin, 35, came to the UK from Chernivtsi, in south-western Ukraine on June 16 2022 via the Homes For Ukraine scheme alongside his wife Zhanna, who is now 40 and currently pregnant, and their children - Nika, 15, Polina, eight, and Matvii, six. Mr Pohodin, who had his own sports club in Ukraine and was a former amateur boxer with nearly 150 bouts to his name, said he loved life back in his home country.
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