Kryvbas vice president Artem Gagarin said the team has no plans to move from Kryvyi Rih due to frequent air raids.
Artem Gagarin- "From the very beginning of the UPL resumption, in the early summer of 2022, the club decided that we would live and train in Kryvyi Rih. This was followed by half a season on the road, and at the first opportunity, when the enemy was pushed back behind Kherson, we received permission and started playing in our hometown. At the same time, the club was broadcasting home and away matches for fans in bomb shelters, organising an additional minimum quota for fans to enter the stadium in the first round. All this time, we have been doing everything possible to bring football closer to the fans. Otherwise, for whom and why do we play?
Football is something that brings positive emotions, which are so lacking now. Football is something that distracts us from all the horror that is happening around us. I am confident that 650,000 residents of our city who have remained in Kryvyi Rih or have been forced to move from the temporarily occupied territories deserve to have a football outlet. We will play in Kryvyi Rih against all odds.
During two home games of Kryvbas, there was only one alarm lasting 20 minutes. Let it continue to be so. But even if there are more alarms, we have lighting at the stadium. From 6pm to curfew is 5 hours, which should be enough for us to finish the match under any circumstances. If we don't finish the match that day, we will finish in the morning. I remind you again and again that there is a war in the country, and this is the main thing. And we will adjust football to these circumstances. There can be no other priorities," said Artem.
