Manchester City defender Oleksandr Zinchenko has revealed that only his family has stopped him from travelling to fight war in Ukraine.
Zinchenko have been receiving from friends countless videos of the Russian massacre, while the 48-cap international expressed gratitude for the worldwide support for his homeland
‘I’m just crying. It’s already [been] a week – I’m not counting – but even when I drive the car from the training ground, I can just cry from nothing,’ the 25-year-old told Gary Lineker during an interview with BBC Sport.
‘It’s everything in my head. Imagine the place where you were born, where you were growing up and there is just empty ground.
‘I can show you one million pictures and videos of every city in my country which they destroyed.
‘A security operation? Impossible. This is a real war. What they are doing is not acceptable. We need to stop this.
‘People there are sending me facts… they are starving. People are just surviving, sleeping underground and in bunkers.’
An emotional Zinchenko added: ‘I’ll be honest, if not for my daughter, my family, I would be there.
‘I’m just born like that. I know the people from my country, the mentality of them and all of them think exactly the same.
‘I’m so proud to be Ukrainian, and I will be forever for the rest of my life. And when you’re watching the people, how they fight for their lives… there are no words.
‘I know the people, the mentality of my people from my country, they prefer to die, and they will die. But they’re not going to give [up].’
Adapted from Dailymail
