The Ukrainian Ministry of Youth and Sports has announced that due to the ongoing war, all football matches of the 2023/24 season to be played in Ukraine will be held, as in the previous season, without the presence of fans in the stands.
The relevant explanations were given by the ministry in response to an official request from the UAF, FootBoom reports.
"On your appeal from 29.06.2023 ¹774.... on granting permission to hold all-Ukrainian football competitions of the season 2023/2024 with the involvement of spectators, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine informs:
On the basis of paragraph 7 of the protocol decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 17.06.2022 ¹89, the order of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine from 28.05.2022 ¹1587 "On some issues of holding all-Ukrainian competitions under martial law", and the Regulations of holding the championship of Ukraine on football among the teams of UPL clubs of the season 2022/2023... these football competitions are held without spectators.
...We also draw your attention to the cases of spectators' presence at football competitions of the last season, which is a gross violation of the decision of the Government of Ukraine on the noted issue and we ask to ensure its unconditional implementation in the season 2023/2024", - stated in the response letter signed by the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Lyudmyla Panchenko.
