Ukrainian boxer Usyk released by Polish police, Zelenskyy outraged by "attitude towards our citizen and champion"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken by phone with boxer Oleksandr Usyk after his detention in Poland and said that he had been released "and no one is detaining him anymore".

Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram

Quote: "I was outraged by this attitude towards our citizen and champion. 

I have instructed Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, to immediately investigate all the details of the incident at Krakow Airport."

Background: Usyk, WBC, WBO, WBA and IBO world heavyweight champion, was detained by police at Krakow airport on the evening of 17 September.

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