Losses of $ 160 million: in half a year of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed 113 sports facilities in Ukraine - Gutzait
According to him, the losses caused by the occupiers have already exceeded $ 160 million. "Over the past two years, as many sports facilities have been built and reconstructed as Ukraine has not seen for all years of independence. We are not enough for this infrastructure now," the official commented. He said that 19 sports facilities were completely destroyed during this time. However, Ukraine is already working to restore the destroyed after the victory.
Yes, the Ministry has opened a special account in the NBU, which raises funds from international partners in order to rebuild all the lost objects of sports and youth infrastructure in the future. The International Olympic Committee, for its part, announced its intention to hold a donor conference, which will raise funds for Ukraine. According to Gutzait, more than 40 countries have supported Ukrainian athletes.
It has created all the conditions for Ukrainian citizens to stay and continue their workouts. "It is very nice that at such a difficult time there is international support, our coaches and athletes continue to work and win," the minister stressed. Only as of mid -June, the international sports community saved about UAH 500 million for Ukraine.
These expenditures on Ukrainian athletes abroad were assumed by national federations of other countries, the Olympic committees and the Olympic Society and Ukrainian Sports Solidarity Fund. We will remind, the draw determined who the Dynamo Kiev will play with in the Europa League. The Ukrainian team was included in the B group, where the French "Renn", the Turkish "Fenerbahche" and Cyprus AEK will also play.