Source: Yulia Lipnitskaya’s husband serves on the front line in the NVO zone

Former figure skater Vladislav Tarasenko, husband of the 2014 Olympic champion Yulia Lipnitskaya, is doing military service in the Zaporozhye region.

For several months, Vladislav has been at the forefront, in Zaporozhye, a source told RIA Novosti. Another interlocutor of the agency said that Tarasenko was trained as a grenade launcher.

The mobilization of Tarasenko was reported back in the fall, the skater was trained at the training ground in Alabino. Later, his mobilization was confirmed by two-time Olympic champion figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, in whose academy Tarasenko previously worked and Lipnitskaya continues to work.