Shakhtar to wear club kit based on Ukraine national flag colors for Champions League game

By The Associated Press

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Shakhtar Donetsk says it will wear a new club kit based on the colors of Ukraine’s national flag in its Champions League match against Bologna. The claub says “We are proud to be Ukrainians.” The jersey has blue and yellow stripes while the shorts are blue. Shakhtar faces Bologna away later Wednesday in its opening game of the new league phase of the Champions League. The Ukraine champion still has two more traditional kits, orange for home games and black for away matches. It will play its “home” Champions League games in Gelsenkirchen at German club Schalke. Shakhtar hasn’t been able to play European games in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022.