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Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to boxing club in northeastern Ukraine

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

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  • Angelina Jolie visited the Spadkoyemets boxing club in Kharkiv, according to Ukraine’s boxing federation and the club’s owner.
  • Jolie’s son Knox trained in muay thai at the club alongside Ukrainian defenders.
  • Club owner Pavlo Chyshko said he had no idea Jolie would arrive after receiving a gym booking for Sunday.

Angelina Jolie surprised a boxing club in Kharkiv during her latest visit to Ukraine, arriving at the Spadkoyemets gym with her son Knox.

The Ukrainian Boxing Federation said Jolie visited the club and that Knox took part in a muay thai training session alongside Ukrainian defenders. The federation shared a photograph of Jolie and her son posing inside the gym.

No idea

· Pavlo ChyshkoThe boxing club owner said he did not know Jolie would arrive after the gym received a reservation.

Pavlo Chyshko, the club’s owner, said he had “no idea” he would meet Jolie after receiving a reservation for the gym on Sunday. “For everyone who asked me: this is not a joke, it is not AI. It simply happened completely by chance: Angelina Jolie stopped by our gym, to our great joy,” he said in a video posted on Instagram.

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, lies several dozen kilometers from the Russian border and has faced artillery attacks since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Jolie, a Hollywood actor and humanitarian activist who previously served as a UN refugee special envoy, has visited Ukraine at least twice since the invasion began.

For everyone who asked me: this is not a joke, it is not AI. It simply happened completely by chance: Angelina Jolie stopped by our gym, to our great joy.

· Pavlo ChyshkoChyshko described Jolie’s unexpected visit in an Instagram video.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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