Pools, stadiums and complexes. Named the most famous sports facilities destroyed by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (photo)
The estimated amount of losses - about $ 300 million, follows from the data of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine at the disposal of focus. According to the Minsports for the mid -December of this year, 402 complexes were significantly damaged and 99 were completely destroyed. The most destruction in eastern Ukraine: followed by Kherson (79 objects), Mykolaiv (26), Dnipropetrovsk (16) and Kiev regions (15). In Kiev, four sports complexes were injured from rocket strikes.
No more than 10 objects were destroyed by the Russians in Sumy, Zaporizhia, Zhytomyr and Odessa regions, and in Vinnytsia and Khmelnitsky - one in each. Sports halls, children's and youth sports schools, large stadiums and complexes were fired at jet artillery and ballistic missiles. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation often called these blows "the defeat of the accumulation of military equipment transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries.
" Aquarine sports complex on Klochkivska Street came under the fire of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the first days of invasion. It is the largest pool in the city where future winners of international swimming competitions were prepared. The Olympic Swimming Champion Jan Klochkova trained in this complex. In March 2022, the shells pierced the roof and broken the glass facade of the pool.
Russian troops on the night of June 24, 2022 by two Iskander missiles destroyed the Sports Complex of the NTU of the Polytechnic KPI. The explosions were destroyed by track and field, playroom and teachers' offices. Students, athletes and future Olympians trained in the sports complex in the sports complex. During the competition, the complex contained up to 500 people. In the first months of the war, the Unifeht sports club was fired. The shells destroyed the main building, roof and playrooms.
The arrivals were at the Lokomotiv Palace in the Kholodnogorsk district, which destroyed a large swimming pool and a boxing club. Synchronous swimming champions were trained in this sports arena, stars of sports and prize -winners of the Olympiad. One of the centers of children's basketball of Kiev, the sports complex "Avangard", was destroyed as a result of a rocket strike of the Russian army in March 2022. Amateur tournaments were often held in this stage.
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach came to the capital to see the destruction. As a result of the visit, he promised to support Ukrainian athletes. Svyatoshino, the base of Shakhtar football club, was also fired. One projectile flew to the training field and the other to the room where the athletes kept the equipment. Miners have trained on this base since July 2014.
During the fighting for Irpin, many sports facilities were injured at the beginning of the Russian invasion in the city. The Tennis Federation Center of Ukraine was completely destroyed, which opened on May 1, 2019. There were seven open courts with soil coated on its territory. Before the Great War, training and workshops with Ukrainian tennis players, all-Ukrainian and international competitions in professional and amateur tennis were held at the Center for Tennis Federation of Ukraine.
The Russians destroyed the Irpin Children and Youth Sports School. After the arrivals, the hall for martial arts and wellness gymnastics, as well as study rooms, was burned. At least 12 shells have arrived on the UEFA Stadium, and about six shells, and approximately six were hit by the UEFA. The object is famous for the fact that it was the women's youth team of Ukraine in football and a men's team with rugby.
The Ice Palace in Severodonetsk was a symbol of the city and one of the largest in Ukraine. The palace could accommodate up to 5,000 spectators, in 2001 it became the basis for preparation for the Olympic Games in Turin in 2008. The fire at the Ice Palace of Sports occurred during the artillery shelling of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on June 9 last year and completely destroyed the building. Many sports facilities were injured in almost completely destroyed by Mariupol invaders.
From the seven active sports complexes remained almost the ruins themselves. Among the iconic objects: Azovstal football stadium, Illichivtsi, Azovmash and others. Recall that the International Olympic Committee admitted the participation of Russian and Belarussian athletes in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Teams will receive neutral participants. Acting Minister of Youth and Sports Matthew Poor said that Russian athletes bear part of responsibility for the death of Ukrainians.