Currently recovering from a third operation on his right knee and more appeared on a tennis court since his defeat in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last year, Roger Federer spoke for the first time about the war in Ukraine this Friday.
“My family and I are horrified by the images coming out of Ukraine and are heartbroken to see these innocent people who are so terribly affected.
We want peace,” the 40-year-old Swiss wrote in a message posted on social media.
He also announced that he was going to make a donation of 500,000 dollars (452,000 euros), via his foundation, in favor of refugee children so that they can continue their education.
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— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) March 18, 2022
"About 6 million Ukrainian children are currently out of school and we know this is a very critical time to provide them with access to education and we would like to help them deal with this traumatic experience," he said. .
Through the Roger Federer Foundation, we will support War Child Holland with a donation of $500,000 to promote access to education for Ukrainian children.
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This financial aid confirms the words of Sergiy Stakhovsky.
Nine years after eliminating Roger Federer to everyone's surprise in the second round of Wimbledon 2013, the man who joined the Ukrainian army in Kiev told the Swiss daily
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that the Swiss had sent him a message of support.
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Roger Federer told me that he, Mirka and his foundation were looking for ways to help children in Ukraine and also to take care of some in Switzerland.
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