Shakhtar has been preparing for Turkey since the invasion of Russian troops and will play the first match on Saturday in Athens against Olympiakos. Duels against Lechia Gdansk (April 14), Fenerbahce (April 19) and Hajduk Split (May 1) will follow.
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“We want to talk about war and peace in Ukraine with these struggles. About the terrible war that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine, about the suffering and destruction that the war has brought to our country,” said Sergei Palkin, Shakhtar chief, for whom Czech footballers Jan Laštůvka and Tomáš Hübschman.
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