Unified heavyweight boxing champion, Oleksandr Usyk has extended an invitation to U.S. President, Donald Trump to spend a week living in his home in Ukraine to experience firsthand the realities of the ongoing war.
Usyk’s offer comes in response to Trump’s long-standing claim that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine “within 24 hours”
Trump recently blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for “starting the war,” a statement that sparked criticism.
In an interview with BBC Sport, Usyk, who famously dedicated his 2022 victory over Anthony Joshua to the people of Ukraine, said:
“I advise American President Donald Trump to come to Ukraine and live in my house for one week. Only one week. I will give him my house.
“Live in Ukraine and watch what is going on every night. Every night there are bombs and flights above my house. Bombs, rockets. Every night. It’s enough.”
Usyk’s remarks underline the continued severity of the conflict that began in 2022 when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Since his emergence at the White House in January 2025, Trump has been trying to mediate in the crisis between the two European neighbours.
Series of meetings have been held between both sides but no end in sight to the war at the moment.
