Cruzeiro announced the transfer of Shakhtar defender Marquinhos Cipriano, the press service of the Brazilian club reports..

Terms of the player's transfer were not disclosed, but it was previously reported that the 23-year-old Brazilian will go on a one-year loan to the Belo Horizonte club..

Shakhtar paid one million euros for the transfer of Cipriano from Sao Paulo in the summer of 2018. The Brazilian played 26 matches for the Pitmen's first team.

Cipriano was on loan at Sion last season.. The player played 33 matches for the Swiss club and made 2 assists.

Recall that the football season in Ukraine was suspended, and the players of the clubs received from FIFA the opportunity to continue their careers in other teams.

Shakhtar players Alan Patrick, Bogdan Vyunik, Vitao, Tete, Vinicius Tobias, Maicon, Junior Moraes, Fernando, Neres, Marcos Antonio and Pedrinho have already changed teams or gone on loan due to the Russian invasion.

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Earlier it was reported that De Zerbi officially left Shakhtar.