President of Donetsk Shakhtar Rinat Akhmetov in front of the sign in honor of the 90th anniversary of the club and the 30th anniversary of the powerful presidency at the UEFA headquarters in New York from the hands of UEFA honorary member Aleksander Ceferin.

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“We have no longer studied with Alexander for five years, I have lost the warmth and good advice about that sustrich. Then none of us could accept that in three months Russia would start a large-scale, aggressive, unjust and brutal war against Ukraine. Against your peaceful neighbors.

I told Alexander about those that the war for me and for the Shakhtar football club started in 2014. We lost our place, our home, the Donbass Arena and the opportunity to play for our patients - for our patients in our own arena.

And in 2022, the unfair war broke out into every Ukrainian home, into every Ukrainian homeland. And despite all the complexities and difficulties, despite all the severity of this war, I think we have something to write about.

The Ukrainian army has shown and informed everyone in the world that it is one of the most powerful armies in the world.

The Ukrainian people, having shown their spirit, their inviolability, their will, continue the fight for their freedom, independence and sovereignty. This is due to the greatness of that burial.

I hope that Ukraine stands, we will achieve a fair and long-lasting world, we will become members of the European Union and, I think, we will enjoy football and admire the Champions League matches under the peaceful Ukrainian sky, and Ukraine. “Why am I here,” said the Ukrainian functionary.

We guess that Rinat Akhmetov also commented on the prospects of Shakhtar in the League of Champions.