In Germany, a 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player of the youth national teams, Volodymyr Yermakov, was killed in an attack. This was reported by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine (BFU) and Kyiv.
According to the report, the attack took place in Düsseldorf on the evening of 10 February.
"Volodya and his friend Artem Kozachenko played for the ART Giants (U-19) youth team from Düsseldorf. On the eve of the next match, the young basketball players were attacked with knives in the street simply because they were Ukrainians," the statement said.
Kozachenko remains in intensive care.
The BFU clarified that local police are investigating the case. Other details are still unknown. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has not yet commented on the situation.