the ukrainian premier league has resumed for the first time since russia invaded the country back in february. games are being played behind closed doors in the capital kyiv, and elsewhere in the west of the country. andrew todos is a british ukrainian sports journalist and was at the first game between shakhtar donestsk and metalist kharkiv last night, which he says was respectful of the ongoing troubles in the country. they have been given special permission, exempt from military service so they understand this is their service to the country, to be these professional athletes, to be these professional athletes, to be the players people will be watching on tv, that soldiers on the front line will tune in on streaming services on their phones to get a bit of respite and morale boost. i have been to a few games here during covid and i thought it would be quite similar but for me it was even more eerily quiet and silent because there was no music at half time, it
until he gets back to that i don t think he is helping us as much as he can do. he has had a massive injury, probably the first bad injury he has had in his career and it has taken some time to come back from that but we need him to be fit and ready as much as possible because he is one of the best players in this team. it s ukraine s independence day, but six months to the day since the start of the russian invasion, there are no public events in the capital kyiv. 0n the sporting front though, a tiny semblance of normality has returned as the ukrainian premier league resumed for the first time since last season was cancelled back in february. games are being played behind closed doors in kyiv, and elsewhere in the west of the country. the first game between shakhtar donestsk and metalist 1925 took place yesterday afternoon finishing goalless and shakthar captain taras stepanenko says he hopes the match gave his country something to enjoy in these challenging times. we have convers
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