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Ukraine midfielder Mykhailo Mudryk says he will play at Euro 2024 knowing his family is facing Russian missiles “day and night” in his home city of Krasnograd.<\/b><\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n
Mudryk is one of 13 Ukraine players who have spoken about their home towns being affected by the war in a video produced by the nation’s football association., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko and Bournemouth defender Ilya Zabarnyi also featured in the video.<\/p>\n So too did Dynamo Kyiv striker Mykola Shaparenko, who said his childhood village of Velyka Novosilka “was completely destroyed by Russia”.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s football team face Romania in their opening match at the European Championship in Germany on Monday (14:00 BST).<\/p>\n Chelsea midfielder Mudryk said: “Since the beginning of the full-scale war, my city has been bombarded with missiles day and night.”<\/p>\n He added his parents remain in Krasnograd and “continue to build their lives there and always believe in the victory of Ukraine”.<\/p>\n The city – also the birthplace of Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin – is in the Kharkiv region in east Ukraine.<\/p>\n Ukrainian troops recaptured some on the region with a counter-offensive in 2022.<\/p>\n