Donetsk "Shakhtar" may have to change the home stadium.

The fact is that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) asks to limit the air movement in the eastern part of Ukraine. Under possible closure, the airport "Kharkiv".

September 20 Kharkiv City Council appealed to Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman with a request not to accept the document from the EASA, otherwise the whole region will remain without air traffic.

According to "New Systems AM" LLC, which manages the Kharkov international airport, the EASA has received a draft ballot from the EASA which introduces restrictions on aircraft traffic in the eastern part of Ukraine, in particular, flights within the Dnipropetrovsk region of flight information airports "Kharkov", "Dnepropetrovsk" and "Zaporozhye").

It should be noted that Shakhtar are holding matches of the Ukrainian and Champions League in Kharkiv. And according to UEFA standards, the stadium "Metalist" simply will not be allowed to host European Cup matches if there is no operating airport in the city.

Also in Kharkiv, the national team of Ukraine holds football matches. The last of them - the selection of the 2018 World Cup against the Turkish team.