Oleksandr Aliyev: "I'd rather be killed or pull the pin out of a grenade myself, but I won't be captured!"

Former Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Oleksandr Aliyev reacted to the information that he is accused of terrorism in Russia.

- Alexander, Russia has put you on the wanted list for alleged terrorism. Have you heard about this?

- This is a complete circus! When the Russians kill our innocent children and women, and organize acts of terrorism all over our innocent country, I don't give a damn about these roosters, what they have opened against me. I wasn't going to go to this fucking Russia and I'm not going to go. In this country, I don't even know how to call it, all the people are terrorists who have directly or indirectly attacked our country. I would really like them all to be destroyed! I wish this country didn't exist anymore!

I really want our guys to capture Kursk, and I came to this city. I lived there until I was 14 years old. I dream of coming there. Kursk is Ukraine! I wish all our guys a peaceful sky above their heads and health. Keep going, guys!

- Did you receive many threats from Russians after your statement?

- Yes, I have been receiving threats from the Kadyrovites and other Russians since the first days of the full-scale war. They threaten me all the time! But two and a half years have passed, and I am alive and well. Remember, I am not afraid of anyone!

I want to say that if I am on the front line, I will never surrender or betray my country. And my country is Ukraine, where my children, Alinka and Artem, were born. I have a lot of friends here.

I repeat, I will never surrender on the battlefield in my life! I'd rather be killed or pull the pin out of a grenade myself, but I will not be captured! I am ready to die for Ukraine because my children were born here!

- Do you reply to Russians' messages?

- I never answer them. I just read them and laugh. Even now, during our interview, Russians are writing to me on Instagram: "We're going to kill you!". For God's sake, if you can, please do so. But I repeat, I will never surrender to captivity.

- This is a bit of a painful topic for you, but still. Yesterday, the Russian so-called media interviewed your mother, where she said that she does not communicate with you and that you may have said words against Russia at gunpoint. What can you say to that?

- I don't care what or how. My parents are my parents, and I love my mom and dad, even though I don't talk to them now. And what my mom said is her opinion. I can answer right away: I don't say anything at gunpoint. I am a free man and I feel free in Ukraine.

- Last question, Sasha. While you were making your statements and the Russians were opening a case against you, Dmitry Ivanysena received Russian citizenship. How do you feel about this character?

- I don't know who he is, because I don't recognize pitukhs.

- He was raised by Shakhtar, played for Zorya and the Ukrainian national team, and now he is getting paid by the Russian Wings of the Soviets, and he is silent about the war.

- I can only say one thing. He is a cunt!

Andriy Piskun