Angry Shakhtar Donetsk have launched a furious attack on UEFA after discovering they have sold the broadcast rights to their Champions League game against Celtic to Russian television channels.
The Scottish champions are due to travel to Poland next week for their second match in the group stage against Shakhtar. Shakhtar have moved all their European games to Warsaw with their home stadium of Donbass Arena not having hosted a game since 2014 and Ukraine unable to host games due to the Russian invasion.
But Shakhtar have been left incandescent with UEFA after Polish media revealed the match against Celtic will go out live on Russian-based Match TV, owned by Russian energy giants Gazprom, who European football's governing body cancelled their contract with after the war started in February. Shakhtar are the only Ukrainian club in the Champions League and stated: "We are furious with this decision. The country of the aggressor must be isolated as much as possible.
