{"id":25881,"date":"2026-07-25T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25881"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:34:00","slug":"the-ukrainian-armed-forces-eliminated-a-decorated-russian-powerlifter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=25881","title":{"rendered":"The Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated a decorated Russian powerlifter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"539\"><strong>The Ukrainian Defense Forces have eliminated Russian occupier Dmitry Zhukov, who, prior to the war, was a candidate for the title of Master of Sports in powerlifting and the winner of a number of Russian tournaments. <\/strong>According to Russian sources, <strong>the soldier was killed on July 8, and his funeral will be held on July 27.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/uanewsstream\/27026?embed=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"559\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"read-us-text\" class=\"read-us-text\">\n        Read us on <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/uanewsstream\" target=\"_blank\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/me.sendsmessenger.co\/ua_news\" target=\"_blank\">Sends<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"store-mobile-app-block\">\n<p>Download our app<\/p>\n<div class=\"store-mobile-ad-images-bloc\">\n<div class=\"store-mobile-ad-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/ua-news\/id6478152508\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-modal\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cabinet.ua.news\/assets-front\/images\/apple-store-app.svg\"\/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"store-mobile-ad-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.uanews.app&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-modal\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cabinet.ua.news\/assets-front\/images\/google-store-app.svg\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                            <a class=\"display-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/ua.news\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#98fae1d8edf9b6f6fdefeb\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                        <video src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cabinet.ua.news\/uploads\/images\/talents.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%!important; border-radius: 8px;\"\/><br \/>\n                                        <\/a><br \/>\n                                                                                                                                                <a class=\"display-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ua.news\/ua\/money\/dopomozhy-proyektu-ua-news-kryptodonatom\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"&#10;                                    max-width: 90%; margin:0 auto;&#10;                                \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cabinet.ua.news\/uploads\/images\/usdt-uanews.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- Composite Start --><\/p>\n<p>                                <!-- Composite End --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n            n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n            if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n            n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n            t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n            'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '931298925878826');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ua.news\/en\/war-vs-rf\/zsu-likviduvali-titulovanogo-rosiiskogo-paverliftera\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Defense Forces have eliminated Russian occupier Dmitry Zhukov, who, prior to the war, was a candidate for the title of Master of Sports in powerlifting and the winner of a number of Russian tournaments. 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