Ekaterina Mineeva, in an interview with , told about communication with her husband, who is in the zone of a special military operation.
Previously, AMC Fight Nights champion Vladimir Mineev had a valid contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, serving in one of Ulyanovsk’s military units. In MMA, Mineev held the AMC Fight Nights 84kg championship belt, but has not fought under mixed martial arts rules since October 2021. Mineev was called up for mobilization and joined the Russian Armed Forces in December 2022 .
– Was he in training camp for a long time?
“About a month and a half, maybe two, I think. December January.
Can you imagine the nearest large settlement?
– He says it’s Lugansk, but he can misinform, so as not to worry. He can say: “I am here…. for mom”. I ask: “And for me?”.
Was it difficult to fall asleep the first few days?
– Of course, now everything has kind of calmed down, but at first it was difficult: you can’t sleep at night, you wake up with every text message. I keep the phone on alert, I started to sleep badly, because he can call anytime, and I’m always afraid to miss him, especially since he always calls from random numbers; I had to deactivate all the anti-spam filters, to have to pick up all the calls from the banks, all the advertisements, so as not to miss his calls.
– Are you discussing at least in one way or another his sports career?
“Now it’s not interesting at all. This [продолжение карьеры] it is possible, of course, but now we are not discussing it, it is not a topical issue at all. God willing, he will come back alive and healthy, then it will be possible to speak. – said the wife of the fighter from .
Vladimir Mineev is 33 years old, his statistics in MMA are 16 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Earlier, during the SVO, the athlete’s brother, Pyotr Mineev, who served under contract in the 31st Ulyanovsk Airborne Assault Brigade, died.
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Source : MatchTV
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