The general manager of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk on Monday (October 24th) called on Fifa to replace Iran with Ukraine for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18), when kyiv accuses Tehran of delivering drones to Moscow to support its invasion. ” While Iranian leaders will have fun watching their national team play at the World Cup, Ukrainians will be killed by Iranian drones and Iranian missiles “, lambasted Serguiï Palkine in a press release published on social networks. For several weeks, kyiv has accused Tehran of having delivered Shahed 136 suicide drones to Moscow, which then uses them to target energy infrastructures in particular, which Iran and Russia have repeatedly denied. ” Shakhtar calls on Fifa and the entire international community to immediately ban the Iranian national team from playing at the World Cup following the country’s direct involvement in terrorist attacks against Ukrainians “asked Mr. Palkine on Monday.
Shakhtar CEO calls on Fifa to replace Iran with Ukraine
