Shakhtar striker Lassina Traore arrived in Ukraine and joined the team in Lviv.

This was reported by the press service of the Donetsk club.

In Lviv, the Pitmen are preparing for the UPL match against Rukh. The forward will prepare with the rest for this fight. Note that Traore missed most of last season due to a knee injury.. The 21-year-old forward has already been fully engaged in the general group at the pre-season training camp in Slovenia.

The striker himself declared his readiness to help the Pitmen in the duel with the Lviv club.

" If he wants me to play a few minutes with the next opponent, I will be ready and will do my best.. So, yes, I can play in Lviv,"

After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Burkina Faso striker became the only foreigner who remained at the Donetsk club and joined the Pitmen at the summer meeting.

Shakhtar has 4 points and is 6th in the UPL standings.

The match against Rukh Lviv will take place on Friday, September 2. Start - at 17:00.