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How Ukrainians are uniting behind Shakhtar in London

Reported by BBC Sport

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Artem Genne's favourite footballing memory is standing on the Donbas Arena pitch, waving the Champions League flag, before Shakhtar Donetsk faced Chelsea. That was in 2012. Two years later, the Russian-backed capture of Donetsk led many Ukrainians to leave the city, including ardent Shakhtar supporter Genne. A large number fled to other areas of Ukraine and beyond, with the region's football club forced to find a new home. Fourteen years later, they are still searching. It has led Shakhtar to Kyiv, Lviv and Kharkiv in Ukraine, and Poland, Slovenia and Germany for European games.

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