“We don’t need Russians here!”: Ukrainian football legend Vladimir Bezsonov sends a message to Putin’s forces as the former footballer of the year poses with a gun and vows to “defend his homeland”
- Ukrainian football legend Vladimir Bezsonov sent a warning to Russia on video
- The Ukrainian footballer of the year for 1989 said that “we don’t need Russians here”
- In the video, the 63-year-old man was holding a pistol with the Ukrainian flag
- Bezsonov is a legend of Dynamo Kiev and has won the Soviet top league six times
The legend of Ukrainian football Vladimir Bezsonov sent a warning to Vladimir Putin‘s Russia after appearing in a video holding a gun with a flag attached to his home country.
Bezsonov, now 63, has played for Dynamo Kyiv for more than 15 years, winning the Soviet Premier League six times and being named Ukraine’s Footballer of the Year in 1989.
But now the football legend has taken up arms amid Russia’s invasion of his country – but says he will “defend our country”.
Vladimir Bezsonov published a video of himself holding a pistol with the Ukrainian flag
In a short video, Bezsonov showed that he was involved in his country’s struggle against the invaders.
Bezsonov says: “We don’t need Russians here, we will defend our homeland and our homes!”
The 63-year-old entered the management after his career as a player, his last job being FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League, but he was fired in 2010 after being eliminated from the Europa League.
Bezsonov’s last coaching job was FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League
This is just another proof of how the conflict has affected people in the football world – after Wembley showed its support for Ukraine before the start of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
The players and managers of Liverpool and Chelsea were photographed in advance, while the captains put a wreath of Ukrainian flowers in front of them, further showing their support.
Wembley was decorated with personalized banners and flags with messages about the country that was attacked by Vladimir Putin’s Russia.