On the night of 10 June, Russia attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles. The attack damaged civilian infrastructure, including the Spartak Stadium. This was reported on Facebook by Yulia Khan, Director of the Department of Youth and Sports of the Kyiv City State Administration. ‘Wreckage of a drone was found on the territory of the sports arena, which caused the ...

The Start football stadium in Kyiv is located in the Shevchenkivskyi district. The arena is famous for hosting the ‘match of death’ on 9 August 1942. The game was played between the local team Start and the German club Flakelf. The stadium was built in the late 1930s. It was named Zenit and was part of the defence plant. After ...