The athlete's house was destroyed by the occupiers.
Ukrainian Valentina Varetskaya won the marathon in Jerusalem, covering the distance in 2 hours and 45.54 minutes.
It is reported that after the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Varetskaya and her daughter left Nikolaev for Poland, while her husband remained in Ukraine.
The house in her hometown was destroyed by the occupiers, and the athlete herself was practically not preparing for the race.
We will remind, on February 24 the president of the Russian Federation Putin made the urgent statement on carrying out special military operation in the territory of Ukraine, having begun large-scale invasion of the Ukrainian cities.
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Earlier it was reported that Poland and Scotland held a charity match in support of Ukraine .
