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The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Minako Sasako / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

Ukrainian soccer league returns

Kyiv

KYIV -- The new season of the Ukrainian Premier League kicked off in Kyiv on Tuesday, with the first match played in an empty stadium amid looming threats of Russian attacks in the run-up to Ukraine's Independence Day on Wednesday.

The players of Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Metalist 1925 of Kharkiv entered the field Tuesday draped in Ukrainian flags, and after a moment of silence for the war dead, a Ukrainian soldier took a ceremonial kickoff.

The match ended in a 0-0 draw.

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