Former Australia cricketer Shane Warne has criticised Russia’s “unprovoked” invasion of Ukraine as he despatched “plenty of like to my Ukrainian mate” Andriy Shevchenko.
Russian forces had been closing in on Kyiv early on Saturday amid fears the Ukrainian capital was about to be engulfed in a devastating battle.
Warne, considered the best leg-spinner of all time, supplied help to Shevchenko, the previous Chelsea and AC Milan striker who additionally performed for and managed his nationwide aspect.
“All the world is with the folks of Ukraine as they endure an unprovoked and unjustified assault by Russian navy forces,” Warne tweeted.
“The photographs are horrific and I can’t imagine extra shouldn’t be being executed to cease this. Sending plenty of like to my Ukrainian mate @jksheva7and his household,” the ex-spinner added, tagging Shevchenko’s Twitter deal with and including a love-heart emoji.
Warne took over 1,000 wickets in Assessments and one-day internationals throughout his profession earlier than retiring from worldwide cricket in January 2007.
Shevchenko took over because the Ukraine nationwide aspect’s boss in 2016 and guided them to the quarter-finals at Euro 2020, the place they had been eradicated 4-0 by England. He stepped down in August when his contract ended and spent two months accountable for Genoa earlier than being sacked on January 15.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
