Viktor Mykita: "Football during war has become a form of rehabilitation for defenders and a foundation for community development."
Ukraine defender Vitaliy Mykolenko commented on the matchday 6 match of the UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 group stage against Albania (2:1) and the thousandth day of war with Russian invaders. "I hadn't been counting the war days until I read this morning that the war has been going on for 1,000 days.