FA Cup quarter-finals: Fulham's Manor Solomon on fleeing war in Ukraine

I woke up to the sound of explosions and sirens," says Manor Solomon. "It was like being in the middle of a movie."

The Fulham and Israel winger is describing the events of 24 February 2022 when, as a player at Shakhtar Donetsk, he was living in Kyiv on the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

"Everyone was panicking because the war had started and didn't know what to do,"
"I knew I had to get away because it was going to get worse."
 
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