UAF Vice-President Oleksiy Mikhailichenko recalled the events of the past year, when the functionaries helped Dynamo and Shakhtar legionnaires leave Ukraine after a full-scale Russian invasion.

" It was difficult, but it had to be done. Foreigners were in a big panic, you can say so. They were leaving for the station, and I said that perhaps everything would end quickly and you would return.. They said never,"

Recall that on February 24 last year, 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..

Almost foreign players left Ukraine in the first days of the invasion, and FIFA made a decision allowing foreign players to unilaterally move to other clubs.

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Earlier it was reported that the Sports Arbitration Court dismissed Shakhtar's claim against FIFA.