 Russia has created special unit union to involve athletes in war against Ukraine. Russia has created a new special unit of athletes to participate in the war against Ukraine. It is sponsored by Russian state-owned companies. This was reported by the National Resistance Centre of Ukraine. At the initiative of the first deputy head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Kirienko, the union detachment was created. It included participants in sports competitions, in particular martial arts tournaments, the statement said. It is noted that the sponsors are Rosatom, Saberbank, and other Russian state-owned companies. During the war they spent tens of millions of rubles on the purchase of weapons and optical equipment for the Russians. The National Resistance Centre added that the Russian Special Forces University, located in Chechnya, is responsible for training the union members. Russia is actively using sports to promote its invasive policy. For example, Russian athletes openly support the war against Ukraine. They participate in propaganda events, deliver speeches, justifying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, and they even receive military ranks. While athletes from the Russian Federation support the war, Ukrainians defend their homeland with weapons in their hands and fall victim to Russian shelling.