Pustovyi: “Putin has to stop doing this shit in Ukraine”

The Ukrainian center Artem Pustovyi was sad this Thursday, not only after losing to Spain in Córdoba in the qualifying phase for the 2023 World Cup, but, above all, because of the situation in his country, and demanded that Russian President Vladimir Putin stop “doing this shit” in his country.

“It was a very difficult game for us and for all of Ukraine. It is very difficult to play in this situation because of what is happening in our house. We have tried to do our best, but we were all thinking of our families. These are crazy days for us,” said Pustovyi, who during the match wore the inscription no war (no to war) on the right cheek.

“I have to say that Putin has to stop doing this shit in our country. You don’t have to come to our country. It can go to other countries, so we have to be united. will never stop. It’s crazy. I can’t believe this is happening in 2022“He pointed out with a sad face.

Ukraine’s coach, Latvian Ainars Bagatskis, said: “It’s not easy to talk about basketball right now because of this crazy situation, but I’ll try. It’s a normal situation, we could have played better, like we did in the last 11 minutes.”