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War displaces soccer players

By Associated Press in Lviv, Ukraine | China Daily | Updated: 2015-03-03 07:55

The sleek stadium, built six years ago and home of soccer team Shakhtar Donetsk sits in the middle of Donetsk, a war zone controlled by militias battling Ukrainian troops.

The $425 million Donbass Arena now serves as a depot and distribution point for supplies of humanitarian aid, stacked in corridors beneath its 52,000 orange-and-black seats.

The soccer team hasn't played at the stadium since May 2. The fighting in eastern Ukraine has forced the team to temporarily relocate, playing its home games in the far western city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, more than 1,000 kilometers away.

War displaces soccer players

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