MONACO — Ukraine is taking its war effort from the muddy Donbas trenches and halls of European power to an iconic London football stadium this week. Originally driven from its home in 2014 by marauding Russian-backed forces, Shakhtar Donetsk — Ukraine’s top team — will take up a residency at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea FC, in Europe’s premier football competition Wednesday night. As air raid sirens sounded relentlessly back home, the club’s Chief Executive Sergei Palkin and Sporting Director Darijo Srna met POLITICO in the marbled lobby of a Monaco hotel to discuss Shakhtar Donetsk’s UEFA Champions League prospects — and why they’re playing for something much bigger than on-field success.
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