Shakhtar defender Serhiy Kryvtsov commented on the level of tension between Dynamo and Shakhtar after the start of the war.
“The rivalry has now blunted, because if Dynamo had such a situation, then Shakhtar would do everything to ensure that the club from Kyiv played at the Donbass Arena and felt at home.
The war should unite the people and all undercover games should not be at a time like now. Dynamo congratulates Shakhtar in the comments, Shakhtar also congratulates Dynamo. I think there should be mutual respect.
The first 4 years, when you live with the hope that this will end and we will return to Donetsk... But then my two daughters were born, we began to improve our life in Kyiv.
Of course, we must live now, and not think that it may or may not be. Kyiv also became a hometown for us. For me personally, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and now Kyiv are my home cities,” said Kryvtsov.