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Tennis player swaps racquet for rocket launcher in wild photos

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina learned how to use a rocket launcher as visited her homeland.

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Elina Svitolina swaps tennis racket for rocket launcher as she returns home

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Tennis star Elina Svitolina swapped her racket for a rocket launcher when she returned to Ukraine during the off-season. The world number 23 women's team visited a camp with soldiers near Kharkiv.

Tennisster Elina Svitolina ruilde haar racket even in voor een raketwerper toen ze tijdens het tussenseizoen terugkeerde naar Oekraïne. Het nummer 23 van de wereld bij de vrouwen bezocht daarbij een kamp met soldaten in de buurt van Charkov.

IN BEELD. Oekraïense tennisster ruilt haar racket even in voor de wapens: “Dit is mijn land, mijn volk, en onze helden”

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IN PICTURES. Ukrainian tennis player swaps her racket for weapons: “This is my country, my people, and our heroes”

Elina Svitolina is currently in Kharkiv, where she decided to spend some time with Ukrainian fighters and also pose with a rocket launcher and a machine gun.  Since Day 1 of the war in Ukraine, the former world No. 3 has been trying to use her platform and position to draw attention to what is happening back home. And it didn't stop only at words as the 30-year-old organized a couple of charity events, from which all proceedings went to Ukraine …

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Elina Svitolina visits Kharkiv, gets introduced to rocket launcher and machine gun

The famous Ukrainian tennis player returning to her country exchanged her racket for a rocket launcher - a photo was taken of her holding the weapon in her hand.

Rakétavetőre cserélte az ütőjét a hazájába visszatérő híres ukrán teniszezőnő - Fotó is készült arról, ahogy a fegyvert a kezében tartja.

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The famous Ukrainian tennis player returning to her country changed her racket for a rocket launcher

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine with the invasion of Russian troops by Vladimir Putin, Elina Svitolina dug her trench and positioned herself on the side of her country. First symbolically, refusing to shake the hand of Russian and Belarusian rivals, even if they had shown themselves to be contrary to the invasion as in the case of Aryna Sabalenka, and then donating the prizes she won in some tournaments for the Ukrainian army. Now the U…

Desde que estalló la guerra en Ucrania con la invasión de las tropas rusas de Vladimir Putin, Elina Svitolina cavó su trinchera y se posicionó del lado de su país. Primero de forma simbólica, negándose a estrechar la mano de rivales rusas y bielorrusas, incluso si estas se hubieran mostrado contrarias a la invasión como el en el caso de Aryna Sabalenka, y después donando los premios que ganó en algunos torneos para el ejército ucraniano. Ahora l…

La ucraniana Svitolina, que niega el saludo a rusas y bielorrusas, cambia la raqueta por el lanzacohetes

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Ukrainian Svitolina, who denies greetings to Russians and Belarusians, changes the racket for the rocket launcher

Elina Svitolina troca raquetas por lança-rockets e metralhadoras do exército ucraniano

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Elina Svitolina swaps rackets for Ukrainian army rocket launchers and machine guns

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina swaps racket for guns: This is my country, my people, and our heroes'

Oekraïense tennisster Elina Svitolina ruilt racket voor in even in voor wapens: Dit is mijn land, mijn volk, en onze helden’

Elina Svitolina ruilt racket voor in even in voor wapens

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Elina Svitolina swaps racket for guns

The 23rd in the world is in the city of Járkov during the break of the tennis season. More information: Ukraine gets fed up and goes on to attack: "Everyone knows that Russia uses its tennis players as propaganda"

La número 23 del mundo se encuentra en la ciudad de Járkov durante el parón de la temporada tenística. Más información: Ucrania se harta y pasa al ataque: "Todo el mundo sabe que Rusia utiliza a sus tenistas como propaganda"

La tenista Svitolina cambia la raqueta por un lanzacohetes en el frente de guerra en Ucrania

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Tennis player Svitolina swaps the racket for a rocket launcher on the war front in Ukraine

Elina Svitolina has shared a series of striking images on social media of her holding a rocket launcher and firing a machine gun on her return to Ukraine.The world No 23 has been one of the most high-profile Ukrainian athletes to use her platform to speak out about the fight with Russia in her home country.She has once again returned to Ukraine in the break before the new season gets underway in Australia.Svitolina shared a post on social media …

Tennis player swaps racquet for rocket launcher in wild photos

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