Two European soccer teams recently met in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a bitterly cold Champions League match. The visiting side, Bayern Munich, flew in from Germany to face the Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. In previous years, Bayern Munich would have flown into the beautiful airport in Donetsk on the other side of the country in Shakhtar's home city. But all that remains of that airport now are craters, blasted concrete, and steel. The battles that destroyed the airport also destroyed any hopes Shakhtar Donetsk might have had of playing in Donetsk for the foreseeable future.
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Shakhtar Donetsk's Darijo Srna (2nd R) holds Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery (C) as he argues with Shakhtar Donetsk's Douglas Costa (4th R) on Feb. 17, 2015 during a UEFA Champions League football match FC Shakhtar vs. FC Bayern in Lviv.
