The world community is shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a sign of protest, the Ukrainian basketball players conveyed a message not only to the basketball community but also to all the lengths and breadths of the planet.
«We are Ukrainian basketball players, for many years we represent our country all over the world. We win games, we win trophies, we set records, we play against the best teams in the world and against the best basketball players on the planet. But most importantly: we are human, we are the parents of our children, we are the sons of our fathers and mothers. We are someone’s best friends and worthy husbands for our wives“, The athletes reported.
The athletes involved in the video are Sasha Borbov, Kirillo Fesenko, Max Svonov, Denis Lukanov, Slava Kratsov, Ilya Sentorov, Oleksandr Lipov, Maxim Kornienko, Sergi Pavlov, Pavlo Srutova, Pavlo Srutova Zrutov, Pavlo Srutova Krutus Zrutus Alex Len, Svi Mitsyaluk and Dmitry Krivenko.
And they continue:
«For 10 days now, Russian missiles and planes have been killing peaceful Ukrainians. For no reason, they are destroying our infrastructure. They crush the souls of our beloved people under the guise of foolish ideas of liberation from non-existent fascists just because Putin is crazy. Putin does not regret the lives of Russians who killed more than 6,000 people in the first week alone»They concluded in the video.
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Statement of Ukrainian basketball players
Proud of our guys
Proud to be little part of the process creating this video @FIBA @NBA @EuroLeague @BasketNews_com @Eurohoopsnet @BasketballCL @ESPNNBA @Sportando #standwithUkraine #StopWarInUkraine pic.twitter.com/p3etWYGaTd
– Oleksandr Proshuta (@alex_proshuta) March 7, 2022
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