Champion boxer: ‘Putin is acting like Hitler. Stop the war! Trump, open your eyes!’

More than three years have passed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched a massive invasion of Ukraine, an event that is seen as an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which has been ongoing since 2014. The war that followed over the next three years is the largest and deadliest on European soil since World War II.

Estimates suggest that over 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the past three years, while the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed varies from 60,000 to 100,000. There are significantly, significantly more wounded. The Russians have reportedly lost around 200,000 soldiers since the beginning of the invasion, and slightly less than 1,000 civilians.

The war is unfortunately still ongoing, and tensions between Ukrainians and Russians are not subsiding. Oleksandr Usyk, currently the world's best heavyweight boxer, often uses his platform to talk about the war and the horrors his country is experiencing after the Russian invasion. While appearing on Piers Morgan's show with Daniel Dubois, Usyk was asked to share his opinion on Vladimir Putin.

- Nothing, I don't think anything about him - Usyk began, and the host then reminded him that he had once compared Putin to Adolf Hitler. Morgan was interested in whether he still considered Putin and Hitler comparable.

- Yes, they are definitely similar, that's true. They (Putin/Russians) are shelling homes. These are not military facilities, but homes where children, parents, grandparents live. The Russians are bombing homes and then saying that they are military facilities. They are crazy! I have a lot of videos from various parts of Ukraine. These were not military facilities, but other people's homes, hospitals, theaters, shops, shopping malls. Crazy! - said an angry and hurt Usyk. Morgan then asked him to send a message to Usyk. The Ukrainian boxer first said he had no message, to which Morgan asked him:

- Do you want him to end the war?

- Yes. I ask him to stop this - Usyk replied.

Piers Morgan did not stop there. Although he had two top boxers in the studio who will fight each other in two and a half months, the famous British presenter continued with political topics. After Usyk's opinion on Putin, Morgan was interested in what Usyk thought about Donald Trump as the president of the United States who wants to stop the war between Ukraine and Russia. Morgan noted that Trump has an idea that Russia should annex some parts of Ukraine that they conquered during the invasion.

- That's nonsense. There are some territories that are supposedly questionable. But what Russia is doing is nonsense and the whole world knows it. We have Ukraine and a clearly defined area of ​​Ukraine. Leave it as it is, why are you taking it away from my country? Hey, President Trump! Open your eyes, please! I also ask you to stop the war in Ukraine, but of course you cannot give the Russians the territory of my country and my people. Look, we have the United Kingdom, Spain and Gibraltar. Give Gibraltar to Spain. Of course not, it is a British territory within which there are laws, passports, license plates and the like. Ukraine should not give even a fraction of its territory to the Russians. Give us back Crimea and everything else that the Russians took away - Usyk concluded this topic.