Shakhtar owner pledges $25M to Ukrainian soldiers, families
FILE - Shakhtar's Mykhaylo Mudryk, left, run with the ball next to Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal during the Champions League group F soccer match between Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, on Oct. 5, 2022. Shakhtar Donetsk's chief executive acknowledges it will be tough to win a $42 million claim for compensation from FIFA at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Bernat Armangue]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Shakhtar Donetsk owner Rinat Akhmetov has pledged to give $25 million to help the families of soldiers who defended the city of Mariupol when it was attacked by the Russian military. Akhmetov announced the donation one day after Shakhtar completed a deal worth up to 100 million euros ($108 million) to sell winger Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea. Shakhtar says the money pledged by Akhmetov did not come from the soccer transfer. Akhmetov says the donation will fund medical and psychological support for soldiers and their families.
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