Double Olympic medalist Romanchuk outraged after pool he trained for Tokyo 2020 destroyed by Russia

One of the world’s greatest long-distance swimmers, Ukraine’s two-time Olympic medalist Mykhailo Romanchuk, shared his outrage on social media over the destruction of the Ukrainian national swimming pool in Dnipro on Aug. 15.

“This is the pool where I trained for the Olympics in Tokyo,” he said, neglecting to mention that he came home from that Olympic Games with a silver in the 1500m and bronze in the 800m.

“And how it looks after another night missile and drones attack,” he said, sharing images of the destroyed swimming center.

“Sport is not politics?”, he asked.

A Russian air strike on the center of Dnipro on Aug. 15 destroyed an important sports complex where Ukraine trains its Olympic swimmers. A commercial enterprise was also destroyed, said regional governor Serhiy Lysak.

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Used by hundreds of children every day for swimming lessons, the sports complex was also used to host national swimming championships.

Lysak said that seven Kh-101/555 missiles were intercepted over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast during the Russian attack.

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In Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, three people were killed and at least three others were injured after a strike on an industrial site. A fourth fatality was reported in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast.

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In Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, at least one civilian was killed. Information is still being clarified.

At least 15 people in Lviv were injured in the attack, with the youngest victim reportedly 10 years old. A kindergarten was destroyed, leaving a crater 9 meters deep and 20 meters in diameter.

Twenty houses were destroyed, with at least 500 windows blown out because of the strikes.

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In Smila, Cherkasy Oblast, a medical facility and a private enterprise were hit, with the attack leaving part of the city without water.

In Zaporizhzhya, a rocket destroyed the stadium of a local school.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. Ukrainian air defense downed 16 cruise missiles. At least 28 missiles of various types were launched by Russia this night.

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