The defender of Donetsk Shakhtar and the Ukrainian national team spoke about his attitude to citizens from the aggressor country.
The Donetsk defender Shakhtar and the Ukrainian national team told in an interview with DW how he had to flee from the “Russian world” twice.
According to the 25-year-old footballer, after the Putin regime’s invasion of the country, teams from Ukraine and Russia will never play against each other again.
“On the night of February 24, I heard explosions outside the window. We immediately jumped. We spent the whole night in the car until we received the message that Kyiv had been shot. We had to leave.
I was 17 in 2014 and had just returned from summer vacation by train. The next day with almost no station, we were evacuated to another city. I went to the Donbass Arena when I was a teenager and always dreamed of playing in this amazing stadium. We all believe that one day we will play there again.
We will no longer play against teams from Russia. The world must understand that this is genocide. These people should be isolated, ”Matviyenko said.
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Source: korrespondent
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