Bellator Champ Yaroslav Amosov Says He’ll Help Defend Native Ukraine from Russian Attack

Per his #instagram, undefeated @BellatorMMA Welterweight World Champion @YaroslavAmosov is defending his home in #Ukraine . Stay safe, Dynamo. https://t.co/2XNqXriRss

— Bellator Public Relations (@BellatorPR) February 27, 2022

Count Bellator welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov among those who will remain in his native Ukraine to help defend against the Russian invasion.

  In a post on his Instagram account, Amosov revealed that he has evacuated his family to a safe zone but will remain in Ukraine to fight for his home country. Amosov is from Irpin, Ukraine, which is near the country’s capital of Kyiv. Russian troops invaded Ukraine earlier this week.

Amosov released a video message translated by Ringside24 addressing the situation in his homeland. The full message is as follows:

Greetings. Probably, many will think that I ran away, I’m hiding or something like that, but this is not so. I took my family to the safe zone. Now I have returned and will defend this country as best I can, with what I can.

I love this country, our own. Russia came to our house and started a war here, many people are dying — innocents, women, and children. We have to defend this country, and we succeed, friends. And we will succeed, because the truth is behind us.

I would like to address those who subscribed to me from Russia. What is shown to you on TV, you may not watch — this is not true. If I were you, I wouldn’t even watch your news. We are in a real war. I cannot understand those people who do not believe that Russian troops entered Ukraine. I see it with my own eyes, I hear it. Terrible things are happening here. We can do this.

Friends, unite, help each other, and everything will be fine with us. The truth is ours, and victory will also be ours.

Amosov is supposed to defend his welterweight belt against Michael Page at Bellator London on May 13. It is unclear if the current hostilities between Ukraine and Russia will change those plans.

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