The President of the Ukrainian Football Association, Head of the UAF Coordination Center Andriy Pavelko, along with First Vice-President Vadym Kostyuchenko, visited Kharkiv on a working trip. The leaders of the UAF met with the head of the frontline city Ihor Terekhov, the head of the regional military administration Oleg Syniehubov and his first deputy Oleksandr Skakun.

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The participants agreed on cooperation between local authorities and the UAF Coordination Center regarding the evacuation of local children through humanitarian centers operated by the UAF in Dnipro, Kyiv, Lviv, and Uzhhorod to safer regions and football bases of foreign partners. Additionally, Andriy Pavelko, Vadym Kostyuchenko, Ihor Terekhov, and the head of the Kharkiv Regional Football Association Viktor Kovalev visited city bomb shelters that now serve as temporary housing for many Kharkiv residents, including very young children whom the UAF Coordination Center is ready to help evacuate and accommodate far from the war.

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The leaders of the UAF and local Kharkiv authorities also discussed possibilities and logistics for transferring food products, medicines, and clothing from European partners to military hospitals and families with children who remain in the city. According to Andriy Pavelko, the resilience of Kharkiv defenders and residents inspires and strengthens our faith in victory!

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"Frontline Kharkiv is shocking with ruins, burned cars, trees shattered by shrapnel and empty streets. Just recently a blooming city, one of the most beautiful in Ukraine, was filled with a large number of student youth, among whom I once was. And that's why it's particularly painful to see now familiar streets and buildings from my student days, including Europe’s largest square, Freedom Square, damaged by shells and rockets of the fascist horde. But Russian scoundrels are unable to break this beautiful city being successfully defended by brave servicemen, volunteers, medics, and ordinary residents. Kharkiv is the football heart of Ukraine. And when we rebuild the city after our victory, it will be even more beautiful, and international football forums of the highest level will definitely take place here," — promised the President of UAF.

Contact number for the UAF Coordination Center: +38 067 550 81 81.