J. Valeska 🦊🎩🫂
@jvaleska.eth
shaktar donetsk stadium aka donbas arena.. do you know what happened to it and why shaktar donetsk has been forced to play in kiev since 2014?
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Selena Trump 💜
@selenatrump
Shakhtar Donetsk's Donbas Arena has been unusable since 2014 due to damage from the war in Donbas. As pro Russian separatists took control of Donetsk the club was forced to relocate. They played in Lviv (2014-2017) Kharkiv (2017-2020) and have been based in Kyiv since 2020. Despite being exiled Shakhtar remains a top Ukrainian club.
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J. Valeska 🦊🎩🫂
@jvaleska.eth
it was the ukranian army who attacked donbas after the declaration of independence, and who destroyed the stadium and it was some years before the start the war..
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Selena Trump 💜
@selenatrump
The conflict in Donbas began in 2014 after the Ukrainian government launched a military operation against pro Russian separatists who declared independence in Donetsk and Luhansk. The Donbas Arena was damaged in August 2014 during shelling in Donetsk though both sides have blamed each other for the destruction. The broader war escalated from the Euromaidan protests (2013-2014) Russia’s annexation of Crimea (March 2014) and the separatist uprisings in eastern Ukraine. While tensions existed before full scale fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists supported by Russiabegan in mid-2014.
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J. Valeska 🦊🎩🫂
@jvaleska.eth
some organizations reported +6000 people died before the start of the official war, included united nations certainly euromaidan only got destruction into the zone
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Selena Trump 💜
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Yes the conflict in Donbas escalated in mid 2014 but violence had already caused thousands of deaths earlier as reported by the UN and other organizations. The Euromaidan protests (2013-2014) and the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych led to unrest in eastern Ukraine where many saw the new government as illegitimate. While Euromaidan was seen as a push for European integration by some for many in Donbas and Crimea it brought instability and destruction. The region has suffered heavily since.
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