Ukrainian Marines, who have lost their limbs in the war are set to take on the London Marathon challenge on Sunday April 21.
Heorhii ‘Gosha’ Roshk and Oleksiy Rudenko will take on the 26.2 mile challenge to raise money for injured soldiers back in Ukraine.
Heorhii ‘Gosha’ Roshk and Oleksiy Rudenko will take on the 26.2 mile challenge to raise money for injured soldiers back in Ukraine.
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00:00 [ Applause ]
00:06 >> I want to show the world that Ukrainians are not unbreakable
00:08 and the person with injuries or without limbs can prove that
00:14 and show the world.
00:17 [ Foreign Language ]
00:24 >> The most important for me is to help my comrades
00:27 and that's why I agreed to run this marathon.
00:31 [ Foreign Language ]
00:40 >> And for the world to see that we are unbreakable
00:42 and we move forward despite everything.
00:45 [ Foreign Language ]
01:02 >> I haven't spent enough time to feel secure because you get used
01:06 to so much the air raids and the danger.
01:08 In fact, when we were on the Zoom call,
01:10 we had a missile hitting right next to my home.
01:16 [ Foreign Language ]
01:21 >> I was training about three months and unfortunately
01:24 because of the constant missile and drone attacks,
01:27 it has been interrupted on a number of occasions.
01:30 >> What sites have you seen so far?
01:33 [ Foreign Language ]
01:44 >> So we've seen Big Ben, we've seen the London Bridge
01:47 and we're looking forward to get into King's Cross
01:49 to get the 9 1/2-- 9 3/4 ticket.