Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Ukrainian Association of Football presents installation of a Kharkiv's stadium stands - Wittelsbacherplatz, Munich, Germany - June 17, 2024 Ukrainian Association of Football president Andriy Shevchenko presents seats at Wittelsbacherplatz, from the Sonyachny Stadium in Kharkiv that were shelled by Russian missiles ahead of the match between Ukraine and Romania REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Former Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko presented the shell-blasted seats of a Kharkiv stadium built for Euro 2012 in Munich on Monday, as cheering Ukraine fans vowed to keep fighting the Russian invasion.
Ukraine's football association said the Sonyachny stadium in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, had been destroyed by Russian shells in 2022. In a central Munich square, Ukrainian refugees and supporters who had driven 25 hours from Ukraine looked at the blue and yellow seats, hours before their team were due to play their first Euro 2024 game against Romania in the city.
