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RFE/RL: Ukraine’s Donetsk soccer team to play future home games in Kharkiv

Published Jan. 31, 2017 at 12:21 pm

Shakhtar Donetsk players midfielder Maksym Malyshev, defender Ivan Ordets, defender Serhiy Kryvtsov forward Andriy Boryachuk, goalkeeper Mykyta Shevchenko, defender Bohdan Butko, midfielder Vyacheslav Tankovskiy, Brazilian forward Marlos, Brazilian forward Taison, forward Andriy Boryachuk, Brazilian forward Dentinho line up prior to the UEFA Europa League football match SC Braga vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk at the Municipal Stadium of Braga on Dec. 8, 2016.

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The Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk will play their future home games in the city of Kharkiv throughout the year, the club announced on Jan. 30.

Shakhtar has not played in its home city since the start of the conflict with Russia-backed separatists in the east in 2014, when Donetsk came under the control of separatists.