“The Ukrainian woman commented on her decision to celebrate the New Year with ex-Russian womenβ, β write: sport.ua
Correspondence from Kichenok in Direct (Instagram) was published by the Ukrainian Tennis Community portal:
– I’m sorry that it offended people. My pro-Ukrainian position remains unchanged. And everyone knows about it. That tournament in St. Petersburg is the same trigger for me. I’m not happy that people play there. Yulia (Putintseva) and I haven’t talked about it yet, because I didn’t follow tennis in the offseason. And, unfortunately, not everyone understands that the war is still going on. I promise to talk to her about this topic. And tell and show what is happening in Ukraine through such companies as Gazprom.
But I definitely do not accept the accusation of sitting on two chairs in my direction. I am Ukrainian and there is a war in my country. And in order to continue playing tennis and defending our flag, I also had to leave my home. But I have one goal for myself for the war – not to lose humanity. And I’m sure that not everyone will like it either. Because what is humanity when we are killed. But here it is.
I admit that I am a public person. And I bear more responsibility. What you wrote “Russians”: firstly, none of the players play for the aggressor country. And this is a fact. Second, Follows: I’m not friends with all 952 of my followers. Thank you for the opportunity to review your subscriptions.
You know, thanks for taking an interest in my life. Because somehow until this moment, maybe two years, no one was interested, when it was very difficult for me. And next to you, you know, there was exactly one of those girls in the photo, the same Kasatkina whom you inspired, I also did not understand why. But I’m sorry – because of the damn war, people have become so evil. Because you didn’t even wait for my answer and spread false information. And instead of training, I have to make excuses now.
– We did not spread false data, only what we noticed on your page and what we noticed on Putintseva (a subscriber wrote to us about this). It is your right to decide what to do and with whom in your personal life. But you know, after 5 years of full-scale Russian invasion, people did not start to take kindly to “friendship between Ukrainians and Russians”, and it doesn’t matter how many months or years ago they changed their passports.
– You know, I still subscribe to Mr. President, and people also hate him… You know, I have an understanding that after 4 years, if there is a desire to hate a person, then you can hate anyone. I accept claims on my side, but I honestly admit that this photo is difficult to perceive, sitting under shelling and when Ukrainians die at the hands of Russians. My father is also now in Ukraine. And lives in an ordinary house without a bomb shelter. Once again, I accept my responsibility. I am ready to take responsibility for my actions and the consequences of these actions. And I will always be honest in my answers, – Kichenok wrote.
In addition to Putintseva, Danilina and Kasatkina, in the company with Nadia there were also Aleksandra Krunych (Serbia) and Natalia Zabiako (skater, girlfriend of Kasatkina, ex-Russian, representing Canada).
The Ukrainian Tennis Community portal published this photo on its page, accused Nadiya Kichenok of “sitting on two chairs” and also accused Arina Sobolenko, Yury Dudy, and Oleksiy Arestovych of subscribing.
Another Ukrainian tennis player, Oleksandra Oliinikova, who celebrated the New Year in Kyiv, reacted to this situation.
PHOTO. Nadiya Kichenok met the year 2026 in the company of ex-Russian women
