The arena was destroyed by shelling by Russian troops.
At the Yuri Gagarin Stadium in Chernihiv played football for the first time after the arena was bombed by the Russian occupiers.
This was announced by the All-Ukrainian Trade Union “Football of Ukraine” on Facebook.
In recent days, people have been cleaning the territory of the stadium from the wreckage, and now went out on the lawn with the ball. The director of the stadium was also present as a referee at the game.
It will be recalled that the stadium was shelled by Russian Grads and rockets. This is the home arena of the club of the Ukrainian Premier League “Desna”.
In addition, near the stadium was a small base “Desna”, which was also destroyed by the occupiers.
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Earlier it was reported that the European top club will help restore the stadium in Chernihiv .