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![football fans Crystal Palace Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine support]( "“Fuck Putin, We Love Ukraine”: Palace and Shakhtar Fans Unite in London")
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As Shakhtar Donetsk and Crystal Palace prepare to step onto the pitch in London, May 7, the game tells a bigger story. Speaking to two British voices embedded in Ukrainian football, one thing is clear: football is more than sport; it is solidarity, stretching from the UK to Ukraine.![Russian Navy frigate Admiral Grigorovich in Saint Petersburg on July 27, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Navy frigate Admiral Grigorovich in Saint Petersburg on July 27, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Illustrative image depicting gold bars. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Illustrative image depicting gold bars. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![US Army serviceman with Hornet one-way strike drone during Saber Strike 26 military drills, May 2026. (Source: UNITED24Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "US Army serviceman with Hornet one-way strike drone during Saber Strike 26 military drills, May 2026. (Source: UNITED24Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Russian Africa Corps personnel interact with local residents in northern Mali. (Source: Russian media)]( "Russian Africa Corps personnel interact with local residents in northern Mali. (Source: Russian media)")
![A tanker carrying crude oil from the Russian Far East of Sakhalin arriving in waters off Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on May 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A tanker carrying crude oil from the Russian Far East of Sakhalin arriving in waters off Imabari in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on May 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The shadow fleet tanker Turbo Voyager transits through Denmark’s Great Belt strait near Agersø island on August 15, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The shadow fleet tanker Turbo Voyager transits through Denmark’s Great Belt strait near Agersø island on August 15, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![African recruits in Russian military uniforms during training in Russia. Illustrative photo. (Photo: Open source)]( "African recruits in Russian military uniforms during training in Russia. Illustrative photo. (Photo: Open source)")
![HQ-29 missile defense system launcher during a military parade in Beijing. (Source: Chinese media)]( "New Footage Reveals China’s Advanced HQ-29 Missile System")
![A Russian border marker. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russia Intensifies Surveillance at Belarus Border Crossings With Expanded Data Collection")
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