Ukraine will join Portugal and Spain in a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, the English press reported, the day the Iberian countries announced a press conference at UEFA headquarters.
According to The Times newspaper, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has given the “green light” to Ukraine’s intention to organize the 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Spain and that this objective will be made public on Wednesday, at a press conference. joint promoted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in Nyon, Switzerland.
According to the British newspaper, the idea is to hold some group stage matches on Ukrainian soil, in a post-war period with Russia and infrastructure recovery.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.4 million to European countries-, according to the latest data from the UN, which places this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 5,996 civilian deaths and 8,848 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF