The National Resistance Center’s chatbot regularly receives reports of traitors. We decided to publish the facts of cooperation with the enemy of two former athletes from Zaporizhzhia region – Natalia Agafonova and Victoria Khapilina.
Prior to the full-scale invasion, Agafonova lived in Melitopol, where she worked as a freestyle wrestling referee for United World Wrestling.
In 2022, together with her husband, she joined the occupiers and became one of the few locals to join the “people’s militia”, which persecutes Ukrainians.
In February, the collaborator plans to celebrate her birthday, but given that her participation in the enemy’s military movement makes her a legitimate target for the Defense Forces, we cannot guarantee her a holiday.
Victoria Khapilina is now working as a physical education teacher in one of the captured schools in Chongar, where she conducts propaganda sports activities with schoolchildren, participating in brainwashing of Ukrainian children.
However, before the full-scale war, she was a famous athlete from Melitopol. As a master of sports, Khapilina represented Ukraine at international competitions. However, in 2020, she was disqualified for four years for taking doping and even missed the Tokyo Olympics.
Everyone makes their own choice in this war, and every choice implies responsibility. It is useless to think that someone can be saved from the consequences of their own actions by anonymity or the russian federation: no one likes traitors, so their lives are worthless.
You can stop the policy of the Russian invaders and their collaborators by publicizing their crimes and demanding their international prosecution. You can also participate in rallies in support of Ukraine or donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
