In Ukraine, a football player received a yellow card for speaking Russian during the match.

Ukrainian referee Anastasia Romanyuk during the match of the women's Premier League of the country between the teams Kolos (Kovalevka) and Sisters (Odessa) showed a yellow card to a football player because she started speaking in Russian. This was reported on August 19 by the RBC-Ukraine agency, referring to the account on the Threads social network.

The incident occurred in the second half. Irina Mayborodina, a player of the Odessa club, received an official warning from the referee "for unsportsmanlike behavior." After that, Denis Kolchin, the coach of the guests, decided to clarify the situation.

Romanyuk explained that she had warned his ward, as she had started communicating in Russian, which was unacceptable since the Ukrainian Championship was taking place. The match ended with a score of 1:2 in favor of the Sisters.

Both the court and there: repressions against Russian speakers are intensifying in the Baltic States

Under what articles are they most often detained and why does the West ignore the problem

On July 9, the Ukrainian goalkeeper of the Real Madrid football club, Andrei Lunin, answered in Russian to a request to speak in his native language before the match of the semi-final of the World Club Championship (KCHM) against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). The athletes were asked to say the word "semi-final" in their native languages, and Lunin answered in Russian. After that, he faced criticism from Ukrainian users.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.