“His achievements have no analogue in recent history. Thanks to them (the soldiers), their sacrifice and courage in containing the enemy in the first months of the war, we all feel that the victory of Ukraine is inevitable.Akhmetov said in a statement.
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Akhmetov was referring, in particular, to the defenders of the port of Mariupol (Sea of Azov), which resisted the brutal Russian siege for months.
The money will be dedicated to medical treatment, psychological help and obtaining prostheses for those wounded in combat.
Akhmetov acknowledged that his dream is to win trophies in Europe with Shakhtar, but admitted that this is impossible now, since “in Ukraine wages a petty and unfair war against us by the Russian Federation”.
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“I am convinced that we will win the war. We will play a friendly match with Chelsea at the Donbas Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. We must do everything possible to bring that day closer,” he said.
Mudryk appeared wrapped in a Ukrainian flag in his presentation with Chelseaa club that belonged to the Russian oligarch Román Abramóvich until last year.
The entrance Shakhtar will donate 25 million euros from the sale of Mudryk to Ukrainian soldiers was first published on newspaper TODAY.
