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Former Ukrainian national team player Anatoly Tymoshchuk, who continued to work for Zenit St. Petersburg after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, spoke about the ongoing war in his homeland during a court hearing regarding the removal of sanctions from him by the Ukrainian Football Association.

“I advocate peace in the Motherland. I want all parties to sit down at the negotiating table and find a consensus that will restore peace.

If the committee believes that my suspension, deprivation of regalia and coaching license will help to restore peace, I am ready to give up everything myself.

But as a professional athlete, as a person for whom the reputation of football is more than words, I will not allow myself to be used for political manipulation,” said Tymoshchuk’s statement, which published by CAS.

As for “I will not allow it to be used for political manipulation”, at the end of September of this year, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk put his T-shirt up for auction for aid to the Kursk region, where the operation of the Armed Forces continues.

We will remind, earlier CAS cited the reason why it decided to satisfy Tymoshchuk’s claim against the UAF regarding the deprivation of all titlescoaching license and lifetime removal from the register of national teams of Ukraine.