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Shakhtar Donetsk will play their European home matches at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, with club chief executive Sergei Palkin saying the move will help keep Ukraine’s struggle in the international spotlight. The club has played in exile since 2014 and hopes one day to return to Ukraine.
Shakhtar Donetsk dream of one day taking Champions League football back to Ukraine but a temporary home at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge helps keep the war-torn nation’s struggles “visible”, according to the club’s chief executive Sergey Palkin.
The Ukrainian champions entertain AEK Athens on Wednesday before hosting Sporting Lisbon, Fenerbahce and Real Madrid with west London their latest base.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street on Wednesday, Oct. 14, pledging accelerated deliveries of air defense missiles, additional military aid and tougher sanctions against Russia. London is also urging international partners to restrict Russian LNG exports and increase pressure on Moscow to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host President Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with London announcing accelerated air defense missile deliveries and plans for further sanctions against Russia.
The visit comes as Moscow intensifies attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, prompting Britain to reaffirm its “rock-solid support” for Kyiv.
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Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv’s CHP-4 power plant and a nine-story apartment building late Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring 21, including a child. Zelensky said Ukraine received no advance warning from Western partners for the second consecutive night.
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv’s CHP-4 power plant and a nine-story residential building late Tuesday, Oct. 13, killing at least two people and injuring 21, including an eight-year-old child, Ukrainian officials reported.
The missiles hit the capital at approximately 10:40 p.m., targeting one of Kyiv’s main energy facilities, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Twelve US senators – six Republicans and six Democrats – signed a joint letter urging US President Donald Trump on Monday to rescind his Oct. 9 diesel arrangement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They called it a betrayal of Ukraine and demanded the president to enforce the new Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, signed by Trump just three weeks before striking the deal with the Kremlin leader.
A bipartisan group of 12 US senators signed a joint letter on Tuesday, Oct. 13, urging US President Donald Trump to rescind his diesel agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling it a gift to Moscow and a betrayal of Ukraine.
The letter, led by Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, was signed by six Republican and six Democratic senators. The Republican senators include Thom Tillis, Susan M. Collins, Alan Stuart Armstrong, Lisa Murkowski, Christopher A. Coons and John Cornyn. Blumenthal was joined on the Democratic side by Jeanne Shaheen, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed and Mitch McConnell.