Taras Stepanenko: "Ukraine always demonstrates its character!"

Defender of the Donetsk «Shakhtar» and the national team of Ukraine, Taras Stepanenko, is captivated by the character of the Ukrainian people.

Taras Stepanenko: "Ukraine always demonstrates its character!"

Photo by the press service of the UAF

Recently, "Shakhtar" conducted a charity match against Polish "Lechia" within the Shakhtar Global Tour for Peace. In the last minute of the encounter, there was a significant substitution. Instead of Mykhail Mudryk, 12-year-old Dmytro Keda came onto the field, who spent three weeks with his family in blockaded Mariupol before managing to leave the city. It was this boy who became the hero of the match — after a solo run, he outmaneuvered the goalkeeper and scored the winning goal for the miners.

Midfielder Taras Stepanenko from Ukraine's national team also participated in the charity match, expressing his admiration for our people's unbreakable spirit.

"50 days Ukraine has demonstrated courage and an unyielding spirit."

Many people say this, but it is not entirely accurate. Ukraine demonstrates its character always! As long as it exists. Whether in the times of Cossacks or during the defense of Donetsk airport in 2014-2015.

From the commander-in-chief to little Dmytro, who became today's hero.

We hold our ground! We stand together! We win!» — wrote Taras Stepanenko on his page in Instagram.