Frontman of the group "Ocean Elzy" and public figure Svyatoslav Vakarchuk commented on the video with the players of the Croatian team, who after the victory over the Russian national team gave greetings to the Ukrainian fans.

On the video, Domagoi Vida and Ognjen Vukojevic said "Glory to Ukraine".

"I am proud of my country, Ukraine and our people. I am proud of the slogan "Glory to Ukraine" and I am grateful to people from other countries who use it with respect to my country, "wrote Vakarchuk.

In the evening of July 7, the Croatian team in the penalty shoot-out beat Russia and reached the semifinal of the 2018 World Cup. There it will be waiting for the England team, which the day before won a team of Sweden.

Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the dismissal of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

2015 Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-regime colony. The actions in support of the director took place all over the world, including in Russia.