Published time: February 15, 2015 19:17
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An armoured vehicle and a building, destroyed during battles between the armed forces of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the Ukrainian armed forces, are seen in Vuhlehirsk, Donetsk region (Reuters / Maxim Shemetov)
Trends Ukraine turmoil
Tags Conflict, Football, Ukraine, War
Soviet football legend Aleksandr Zavarov said he will not fight in the eastern Ukraine conflict, after reports surfaced that a draft notice bearing the 53-year-old’s name was delivered to the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) last week.
Zavarov, who was born in Lugansk, has categorically refused to comply with the notice.
“I will say one thing, I will never fight where my family and kids live, where my parents are buried,” the assistant coach for the Ukraine national team said. “I just want peace.”
In 1986, Zavarov was named the best football player in the USSR, and is widely considered to be one of the best players in Soviet history. The FFU received a conscription notice for 89 members of the organization, Ukrainian sports papers reported last week. FFU representative Pavel Ternovoy confirmed the reports to R-Sport agency.
“I can confirm that many members of the Football Federation of Ukraine received draft notices. Alexandr Zavarov and Yuriy Syvukha were among them,” he said.
Yuriy Syvukha is a former goalkeeper and current assistant coach for the Ukraine national team. Ternovoy said that each conscript will have to decide for himself how to respond to his notice.
"There is a war going on right now. Every citizen should understand what's going on. What those who got the notices will do is entirely up to them," he said.
Read More - http://rt.com/news/232579-football-player-ukraine-military/
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