Shakhtar football director Darijo Srna spoke about the plans to complete the Donetsk team.

" They can be Ukrainians, they can be legionnaires, but the main thing is that we want to make a strong Shakhtar, we are moving towards this, we don’t give up. The President does not leave Shakhtar. Therefore, our task is to make a very good and strong team that will represent Ukraine and Shakhtar in Europe,"

Recall that the football season in Ukraine was ended ahead of schedule due to the full-scale invasion of Russia, and the Donetsk team, who were in the lead in the UPL, later received a direct ticket to the group stage of the Champions League.

Due to the Russian invasion, Shakhtar players Alan Patrick, Bogdan Vyunik, Vitao, Tete, Vinicius Tobias, Maicon, Junior Moraes, Fernando, Neres, Marcos Antonio, Pedrinho, Cipriano, Solomon, Dodo and the main.

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Earlier it was reported that the only Shakhtar legionnaire joined the team during the war.