A UKRAINIAN weightlifting champion has been killed while fighting against Russia on the frontlines.
Expert sniper Nina Pashkevych, 47, tragically died on a combat mission in the war-torn Donetsk region.
Ukrainian sniper and weightlifting champion Nina Pashkevych has been killed in Ukraine
Nina was also a champion weightlifter
Nina won the Ukrainian Weightlifting Championship back in April after returning from the war to compete.
She was also awarded the honour of being a Ukrainian master of sport after winning over 100 awards in her home country.
The Zdolbuniv city administration in the Rivno region announced her passing with a touching tribute.
It read: “It is with indescribable pain that we inform you that sniper Nina Pashkevich died while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region.
“She will be forever 47. May she always be remembered.”
Nina first volunteered to fight for Ukraine shortly after Vladimir Putin’s invasion across the border in February 2022.
She rose up the ranks due to her athletic prowess and became known as a deadly sniper as well as a combat medic on the frontline.
Details of how she died are yet to be made public with her funeral being held today.