Zelensky expressed confidence that Donetsk will once again host new matches of world-class teams at the Donbass Arena.

“Ten years ago, our Donetsk was a strong, proud, developed city, and then Russia came. It brought just such an inadequate level of ideas. And now it is a ghost town that has lost most people, thousands of lives and absolutely all prospects. ,” he said.

“Only the return of Ukraine, which will definitely be, only our flag, only Ukrainian law will mean for these territories, for these cities just a normal life that was there. Peaceful, safe, open to the world. And, of course, new team matches world-class at the Donbass Arena, Zelensky stressed.