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Ukrainian tennis star Sergiy Stakhovsky was vacationing with his family in Dubai when Russian forces invaded his home country.
He made a tough decision to leave his wife and three young children at their home in Hungary and return to his homeland to join the fight. He's now a member of the army reservists helping defend the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. As a Russian military convoy closes in on the city and dread hangs in the air, Stakhovsky, 36, says he is prepared to do whatever it takes. He told CNN's Brianna Keilar on Thursday that his goal is to help save Ukraine for its citizens and his children.
'It's my duty': World heavyweight boxing champ returns to Ukraine to fight 02:05"If they will want to take my life, or the lives of my close ones, I will have to do it," Usyk told CNN from a basement in Kyiv. "But I don't want that. I don't want to shoot, I don't want to kill anybody, but if they will be killing me, I will have no choice."Stakhovsky faces similar fears and prays he'll make it out alive and get back to his family.
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