I'll play at Euros as my city is bombarded by missiles - Mudryk

Ukraine midfielder Mykhailo Mudryk says he will play astatine Euro 2024 knowing his family is facing Russian missiles "day and night" successful his location metropolis of Krasnograd.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022.

Mudryk is 1 of 13 Ukraine players who person spoken astir their location towns being affected by nan warfare in a video produced by nan nation's shot association., external

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko and Bournemouth defender Ilya Zabarnyi besides featured successful nan video.

So excessively did Dynamo Kyiv striker Mykola Shaparenko, who said his puerility colony of Velyka Novosilka "was wholly destroyed by Russia".

Ukraine's shot squad look Romania successful their opening lucifer astatine nan European Championship successful Germany connected Monday (14:00 BST).

Chelsea midfielder Mudryk said: "Since nan opening of nan full-scale war, my metropolis has been bombarded pinch missiles time and night."

He added his parents stay successful Krasnograd and "continue to build their lives location and ever judge successful nan triumph of Ukraine".

The metropolis - besides nan birthplace of Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin - is successful nan Kharkiv region successful eastbound Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops recaptured immoderate connected nan region pinch a counter-offensive successful 2022.

In May, nan Russian subject began a renewed offensive successful nan Kharkiv region.

Andriy Shevchenko, nan erstwhile Chelsea striker who is now president of Ukraine's shot relation (UAF), said: "Our cities desire to big nan Euros, but now they are fighting not for nan tournament, but for freedom.

"There is nary Ukrainian shot player, city, stadium, playground, aliases kid untouched by nan war."

The UAF added, "football, for illustration each sports, is not beyond politics" and called connected each Euro 2024 countries "to thief Ukraine".