Shakhtar Donetsk filed a complaint with the European Commission due to FIFA's decision, which allowed legionnaires from the Ukrainian Championship to unilaterally suspend contracts with their clubs. This was announced by the Pitmen's general director Serhiy Palkin. " It is noted that due to the actions of FIFA, which Shakhtar considers illegal, the club lost about 40 million euros.. Earlier, the Pitmen applied to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with a demand from FIFA to compensate for the damage.. However, the court took the side of the International Football Federation, refusing to " “As a club, we have experienced the bias and injustice inherent in the international football legal system, a process that lacks fairness and transparency and is clearly not up to the mark.. FIFA has established a system by which it can influence the outcome of the decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which is why we call on international football to come together and reform the legal procedures and governance standards of our sport. The arbitral tribunal must be protected from the influence of all external parties, including FIFA, and be able to adjudicate cases independently, with full impartiality and fairness. We expect the European Commission to understand and appreciate the extreme financial pressure our club is under due to FIFA's actions while our country is being devastated by an illegal war..

Even in these most tragic and desperate times, football offers relief and we, as a Ukrainian club, hope that we will be allowed to function normally to bring joy to our fans, players and our families," Recall that after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA allowed legionnaires from the UPL, as well as the Russian Championship, to unilaterally suspend contracts with their clubs. At first, the new transfer rule was calculated until June 2022, but then FIFA extended its validity for another year, until June 2023..