Shakhtar Donetsk to donate $25 million of Mykhailo Mudryk fee to Ukraine War effort

Updated : Jan 19, 2023 10:14
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Editorji News Desk

Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk have pledged a donation of almost $25 million to the country's war effort from the sale of Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea.

Mudryk signed a deal with Chelsea that could go as high as $108 million, a Ukrainian transfer record.

And Shakhtar Donetsk president Rinat Akhmetov pledged approximately $25 million of it to a project named 'Heart of Azovstal' which will help Mariupol city defenders and the families of the fallen soldiers.

Also read: Australia Open ban Russia, Belarus flags at Melbourne Park

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