The president of Rugby Europe, the Romanian Octavian Morariu, relayed the information on Twitter.
Giorgi Dzhangirian, 83-year-old former president of the Ukrainian Rugby Federation, took up arms to defend his country and resist the invasion of Russia.
Octavian Morariu had relayed tragic news a few days earlier: the death of a young Ukrainian rugby hopeful, Mykita Bobrov, shot dead with other members of his family on his arrival in Kiev by the Russian armed forces.
