Basketball club "Barcelona" decided not to fly to St. Petersburg for the match of the regular championship of the Euroleague because of the situation in Ukraine. This was reported on the website of the Spanish team.

“After the information that appeared in the last hours about the war between Russia and Ukraine, Barcelona decided not to fly to St. Petersburg today. Various meetings with the parties involved are scheduled for February 24, and a decision on the match will be made in the next few hours.

Euroleague called an emergency meeting of clubs due to a special operation in the Donbas Basketball The Spanish club has two matches scheduled in Russia in the near future - on February 25 against Zenit in St. Petersburg and on February 27 in Moscow with CSKA.

Earlier Thursday, the Euroleague announced the convening of an emergency meeting of participating clubs due to the situation that arose after the start of a special operation by Russian troops in the Donbass. The meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 25, it will consider the issue of further continuation of the competition in the changed conditions.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special operation in the Donbass.

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