Andriy Yarmolenko32-year-old Ukrainian West Ham footballer and international for the Ukraine national team, He has sent a strong, as well as heartbreaking, message to his counterparts on the Russian national football team. He has chosen his Twitter and a video recorded by himself to launch a desperate message about the situation in Ukraine after the Russian invasion. And he asks the Russian internationals not to sit idly by: “I’m Andriy Yarmolenko, a Ukrainian international. I was born in Saint Petersburg, but I grew up in Ukraine and I consider myself 100% Ukrainian. I have a question for Russian players. Guys, why are you sitting like idiots and not saying anything? In my country they kill people, they kill women, they kill mothers, they kill our children. But you don’t say anything, you didn’t make any comment…”.
YARMOLENKO ASK ????????⚽️ TO SHOW BALLS
In an IG video post – West Ham’s A Yarmolenko, speaking in Russian, directly addresses RU footballers:
‘I’m Andriy Yarmolenko, a ???????? NT player, I was born in St P but grew up in ???????? & regard myself as 100% Ukrainian. I have a Q for RU players…’ pic.twitter.com/azFJR10D2R
— Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) March 2, 2022
The West Ham player invited the Russian players to make a common front against the war: “Please tell me what would happen if all together, united, we showed people what is really happening in my country. I know many of them and they all told me: ‘It shouldn’t be like that and that your president is acting badly’. So, guys, you who have influence on people, show it. I ask you. Please!
Yarmolenko embodied the call in the captain of the Russian team, Artem Dzyuba, whom he invited to bring out his exhibitionist vein that he usually shows on Tiktok and the rest of the social networks to condemn the situation that is being experienced as a result of the Russian invasion: “I know that some of you like to show your balls… in front of the camera (referring to Dzyuba’s fondness for posting videos on the Tiktok social network), but Now it’s time to show off your balls in real life. Thanks for your attention. Glory to Ukraine!
‘Tell me please, what will happen if all of you together, united show the people what is really happening in my country. I know a lot of you, I’m familiar with many of you & you all told me ‘it shouldn’t be like this, that your president is acting incorrectly…’ pic.twitter.com/tihmc6RSLg
— Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) March 2, 2022
Yarmolenko’s was not the only message sent by a Ukrainian soccer player to his Russian counterparts. Vitaliy Mykolenko, rebuked Artem Dzyuba in a withering message to the Zenit Saint Petersburg striker: “Keep your f***ing silent.” The Everton defender also accused Russia captain Dzyuba and his teammates of not saying anything after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of their homeland. Dzyuba, a fan of social media, has not posted anything since President Putin ordered his forces into neighboring Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday morning.
In an Instagram story, Mykolenko tagged Dzyuba and wrote: “While you keep silent, bitch/whore, with your fellow assholes, peaceful citizens are murdered in Ukraine. You will be locked in your cave for the rest of your life and especially your children’s. And I’m glad!”