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Daily Mirror UK|December 12, 2024
Ukrainian tennis star joins troops on the front line
CHRIS HUGHES
Our heroes

TENNIS ace Elina Svitolina has travelled to the front line in Ukraine and posed with deadly weapons being used to defend her country.

The former world No3 was pictured holding a rocket launcher and a machine gun as she used her platform to boost support for the war effort.

The Wimbledon quarter-finalist shared photos on social media of her wearing a camouflage jacket as volunteers taught her to use a rocket launcher.

She travelled to Kharkiv, which in parts is just 20 miles from the Russian border and where Ukrainian troops have all but ousted Moscow's forces.

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