YASTREMSKAYA: “The world is starting to forget the horror that happened in Ukraine”

On Wednesday in Vilnius, the entire national team of Ukraine gathered in full force for the Billie Jean King Cup: Angelina Kalinina, Dayana Yastremskaya, Katarina Zavatskaya, Lyudmila and Nadezhda Kichenok. The last person to reach the team’s location was debutant Kalinina.

hold on He told reporters at the press conference about his experiences in his hometown of Odessa during Russian missile attacks.

“I recently came to my hometown, Odessa, to visit family and friends for two weeks. And two days before my departure, there was a powerful rocket attack at night on the center of my beloved city. These were terrible explosions! Very scary! My mother immediately came to my room and ordered me to go to a safe place.

I try to come to Odessa as often as possible, but it still happens rarely. And most residents of Odessa hear about such shelling all the time. They usually start at night or in the morning. I cannot imagine how it is possible to train in such conditions where it is impossible to get enough sleep, where you constantly feel that your life is under threat, where you have to stop training and go to a school during an air raid. shelter… While Ukrainian tennis players are in this situation, Russian and Belarusians have every opportunity for full-fledged training at home. And yes, it’s hard for me to understand why the WTA and ATP are banned from competing in so many other sports.

I know that lately the world has begun to forget the horrors that took place in Ukraine. Therefore, my personal opinion is that we should take every opportunity to remind people of the war,” Yastremskaya said.

The match will be played on 11-12 November at SEB Arena in Vilnius, with a capacity of 2,000 spectators.