Match LE Vorskla – Arsenal transferred from Poltava to Kiev for security reasons – European Cup News – Football

On November 27, the Verkhovna Rada approved a decree of the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, on the imposition of martial law in the country from November 28, for a period of 30 days. Martial law is introduced in the regions of Vinnitsa, Luhansk, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson and the inland waters of Ukraine in Azov-Kerch water areas.

The incident in the Kerch Strait area where, on November 25, three vessels Naval Ukrainian forces, from Odessa to Mariupol, illegally crossed the border into the Russian Federation, entered Russia's territorial waters and began dangerous maneuvers.

It should be noted that the decision to postpone the match was taken by a UEFA emergency committee. The meeting will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev on November 29 at 8:55 Moscow time.

"UEFA will continue to monitor and badess security in Ukraine in the coming days, before taking all the decision on the possible transfer of other matches ", – said in a statement.

Arsenal is ranked first in Group E and has won 10 points in four games. "Vorskla" is in third place, in the team's badets three points in four games.