FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group D - Shakhtar Donetsk v Sheriff Tiraspol - NSC Olympiyskiy, Kyiv, Ukraine - December 7, 2021 Shakhtar Donetsk players line up before the match REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
(Reuters) - Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk said their Brazilian players have left the country safely following the invasion by Russia.
Shakhtar, who are based in the east of the country and have more than a dozen Brazilians in their squad, said the players and their families had arrived in Romania.
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