War in Ukraine
Emotional video: Footballers ask for support
In an emotional video shortly before the European Football Championship, 13 players from the Ukrainian national team have drawn attention to the difficult situation in their homeland, which is plagued by the Russian war of aggression.
Andrij Lunin (Real Madrid), Mychajlo Mudryk (Chelsea), Olexander Sintschenko (Arsenal) and co. mentioned the names of their home towns. Images of destroyed homes and cars, explosions and rescue workers rescuing people were also shown.
"Fighting for peace"
"Our hometowns would like to host the European Championship, but right now they are not fighting for the tournament, but for peace," is written at the end of the 1:25-minute video published by the Ukrainian Football Association: "Support Ukraine."
Ukraine will play against Romania, Slovakia and Belgium in Group E of the European Championship. However, it is not easy for the players to fully focus on the tournament. "It's really difficult, because every day you read the news and you know what's happening in our country and you know that Russia is firing missiles at our country every day," said Taras Stepanenko from Shakhtar Donetsk.
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