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Uprooted from its residence in Ukraine’s Donbas area in 2014, soccer membership Shakhtar Donetsk is accustomed to the change and upheaval caused by conflict having performed at stadiums across the nation for near a decade.
But even by Shakhtar’s requirements, the occasions which have unfolded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine final February have been unprecedented.
“What we’re doing on the pitch, it’s in support of our people, our refugees, our Ukrainian Army,” the membership’s CEO Sergei Palkin tells CNN Sports.
“All the speeches from our coaching staff and myself to our players have just concentrated on [the fact] that we are playing for Ukraine.”
At the beginning of Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian Premier League was postponed for six months, during which time Shakhtar launched into a “Global Tour for Peace” throughout Europe to lift cash for these…
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