The legendary Ukrainian football player and coach Andriy Shevchenko did not hold back his emotions live on Italian TV while discussing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

" It's a horror that makes you want to wake up. Cities are bombed, children and old people who cannot leave are killed. It seems like a terrible dream, it seems that tomorrow I will wake up and return to normal life, but I understand that this will not happen. Now this is reality.

Ukraine wants to be part of Europe. It was our decision. Zelensky is a great president who leads us to our freedom and independence,"

Voler bene a @jksheva7? L'Italia e con voi! pic. twitter. com/IOUIfFgNtQ#Shevchenko #StopPutinNOW.

— Pietro Raffa (@pietroraffa) March 6, 2022.

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

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Earlier it was reported that Shevchenko transferred a large amount of money to help the Ukrainian army.