'Have my house' - Usyk invites Trump to witness Ukraine war

Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has offered US president Donald Trump nan chance to unrecorded successful his location for a week to acquisition nan reality of nan warfare successful Ukraine.

After Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022, Trump vowed to extremity nan conflict "within 24 hours" of his presidency if he was elected for a 2nd time.

However, nan 78-year-old has been incapable to do truthful and has blamed Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky for "starting nan war".

Usyk, who dedicated his triumph against Anthony Joshua successful 2022 to nan group of Ukraine, says Trump tin unrecorded successful his location for a week to amended understand nan business successful his country.

"I counsel American President Donald Trump to travel to Ukraine and unrecorded successful my location for 1 week," Usyk told BBC Sport.

"Only 1 week. I will springiness him my house. Live please successful Ukraine and watch what is going connected each night.

"Every nighttime location are bombs and flights supra my house. Bombs, rocket. Every night. It's enough."

Zelensky was asked to time off nan White House successful February aft a public speech pinch Trump successful nan Oval Office, successful which nan American told nan Ukrainian to show much gratitude for nan United States' thief successful bid talks.

Asked whether Trump would alteration his sentiment connected nan warfare successful his homeland, Usyk said: "I don't know. Maybe he'll understand, possibly he won't.

"Ukrainian group are dying. It's not conscionable subject guys, but children, women, grandmothers, grandfathers.

"For maine it's hard. It's my country. I interest astir what happens successful my country."

Usyk has been campaigning for bid successful Ukraine since his his rematch pinch Joshua 3 years ago.

The warfare collapsed retired successful nan months earlier that conflict and Usyk is still a cardinal portion of Ukraine's bid efforts publicly, alongside retired boxers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.

Usyk, nan WBA (super), WBO and WBC champion, will return connected Britain's Daniel Dubois connected 19 July astatine Wembley Stadium.

It is simply a rematch of nan pair's bout successful August 2023, which Usyk won pinch a ninth-round stoppage.

He tin go a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion pinch triumph aliases Dubois could go nan first Englishman to triumph each 4 awesome world titles astatine heavyweight.