Ukrainian footballer Oleksandr Zinchenko became the ambassador of the UNITED24 fundraising platform, created by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to raise funds to support our country in the conditions of the war against the Russian occupiers. This was reported in social networks UNITED24. " Glory to Ukraine! "

Zelensky also said that Zinchenko, together with another UNITED24 ambassador, world football legend and ex-coach of the Ukrainian national team Andriy Shevchenko, will organize a charity football match, which will be held on August 5 in London.. The collected funds will be used to restore the Mykhailo-Kotsyubyny lyceum in the Chernihiv region, destroyed by the occupiers in March 2022.

" This is an opportunity for the global football community to unite, show their solidarity and help Ukraine, help our children go back to school, and again draw the attention of the entire world community to the war," Zinchenko became the fourth UNITED24 ambassador after Andriy Shevchenko, tennis player Elina Svitolina and boxer Oleksandr Usyk. Earlier it was reported that Zinchenko will become a father for the second time. Alexander and his wife, TV presenter Vlada Sedan, are expecting their second child.