RB Leipzig did not turn on the Union anthem before the head-to-head match of the teams in the 31st round of the German Bundesliga.

The Bulls have a tradition of playing the away team's anthem before matches, but this time it wasn't kept up.. The club explained that they did not want to include the Union anthem, because its melody is similar to the Russian anthem.

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Before the start of the meeting, the announcer of the stadium greeted them, and also duplicated the words in Ukrainian.

You can listen to the Union Anthem here.

Recall that on February 24, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

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Earlier it was reported that the Russian TV channel interrupted the broadcast of the Bundesliga match because of the support of Ukraine..