The bombed stadium was razed to the ground. Until recently, they played in the Europa League

The invasion of Ukraine is underway. The invaders regularly fire at civilian targets. Homes, hospitals, schools. The damage after the bombings is huge. Sports facilities are not free of them either. As a result of rocket fire, it was completely destroyed, among others sports hall in Kharkiv. However, it is not the only sports arena to be destroyed.

The Russians destroyed the Desna Chernihiv stadium. “He’s practically gone”

Twitter user “BuckarooBanzai”, an expert on Ukrainian, posted a photo of the stadium belonging to football club Desna Chernihiv. We can see next to each other photos of the object from October 2021, and also taken now, after the attack of Vladimir Putin’s troops. The stadium was clearly damaged. Unfortunately, more photos appeared on Twitter later. “Actually, this stadium is no more,” BuckarooBanzai wrote. He published a photo showing that one of the stands was completely destroyed.

The history of the stadium in Chernihiv dates back to 1936. It has already been bombed once. It happened during World War II. In the 1950s, the building was rebuilt. Since 1961, it has been named after Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut and the first man in space. In the following years, the stadium underwent further renovations. The last of them was just a few years ago to adapt the facility to the requirements.

Desna Chernihiv occurs in Ukrainian. Two years ago she played in the qualifying rounds for the European cups. In the 2020/21 season, in the third qualifying round, she lost 0: 2 to VfL Wolfburg.

After the fall round, the team is seventh in the Ukrainian league table with 25 points. Shakhtar Donetsk is the leader with 47 points. The club of the Polish representative Tomasz Kędziora, Dynamo Kyiv, has two “eyes” less. The games of the Ukrainian league were stopped immediately after the attack of the Russian troops.