Ukrainian Foreign Minister Gureba tweeted on February 24 that "Russian President Vladimir Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and peaceful Ukrainian cities are under attack." At present, the conflict is still ongoing. Several esports club players in Russia and Ukraine were affected, as well as events.
The situation was tense, and MIBR and Imperial suspended the Polish training camp
Two clubs, MIBR and Imperial, announced that they had decided to suspend their training camp in Poland and return to Brazil due to the turbulent situation in Ukraine.
MIBR said in the official tweet: "After the events in Ukraine, we want to return to Brazil. We believe that this is the best solution. Let's play RMR in Brazil! ”
Imperial manager Ferrer tweeted at the airport that the team had set off for home: "Home! May God bless everyone and guide everyone to the path of peace! ”
Due to the rush back to Brazil, MIBR also withdrew from the knockout stage of Pinnacle Winter S2, and ENCE took their place. The tournament's knockout stages took place online from 24 to 26 February.
Belgium calls for a suspension of visas to Russia for fear of being affected
Belgian government officials have appealed to the European Union to voluntarily stop issuing visas to all Russians, and the may PGL Major 2022 is held in Antwerp, Belgium.
The visa categories that are planned to be discontinued include student visas, work visas, and tourist visas, and visas for Russians can only be issued for exceptional humanitarian reasons.
The PGL Major Antwerp 2022 will take place in Belgium from May 9 to May 22, before which the RMR event from April 17 to April 24 will be officially held in the Romanian capital.
At least five teams with Russian players are known to be participating in the Major-related tournament: Navi, Gambit, Virtus.pro, Entropiq and G2, and more than 15 teams will join the list after passing the open qualifiers, including some Russian players. Earlier, Ukrainian tournament broadcast studio Maincast announced that it would enter an indefinite suspension.
Ukrainian player s1mple tweeted: the city of his hometown was shelled
At about 12 o'clock in domestic time on the 24th, s1mple, who was born in Kiev, said that his city had been shelled: "My city has been shelled, damn." "Please, please stop, I can't stand it anymore, we all need peace."
At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on the 25th, s1mple released a tweet again, indicating that the scene in the game has become a reality:
"It's not Verdansk [a map in Call of Duty Warzone], it's real life."
At 6:30 a.m. Beijing time, s1mple tweeted again, showing his inner entanglement:
"I cried when I thought of my family and friends in Kiev." "I'm 'lucky' because I'm not at home, but you simply can't imagine how much I want to go there."
"Tomorrow I just want to focus on IEM Katowice."
As an internationally renowned esports team, NaVi's CSGO division consists of three Russian players and two Ukrainian players, as well as a Ukrainian coach.
Under the s1mple tweet, players including FalleN, EliGE, fer and other players have left messages of comfort, hoping that the families of s1mple can be safe and sound in the war.
Team Empire, an established esports organization: Our goal is to bring people together
Team Empire is an established esports organization that has been active in various esports events since its inception in 2004, and began forming the Dota2 team in 2011. In the early morning of February 25, Team Empire's official media posted on the Russian-Ukrainian border conflict, expressing their views on the conflict.
"Throughout our long and illustrious history, our esports club has been a place where we can bring together diverse people, players and fans from all over the world."
"Our goal is to bring people together to make esports better, and thus to make esports a place without borders and free to communicate."
"Today we are going to stand up against this war, against this armed conflict. We should engage in sports competition and esports, not war. ”
"We firmly believe that everyone needs world peace and a calm sky."
Write at the end
At the recently concluded closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the images of Russian athletes hugging Ukrainian athletes were moving.
In the face of the continued tension between Russia and Ukraine in recent days, the moment when the two athletes hugged tightly made a perfect interpretation of the absence of political manipulation in the Olympic spirit of "unity and fraternity, fair competition and mutual understanding".
In this dark time, we still look forward to the Russian-Ukrainian tele-sports players to regain their strength and hope and wait together for a peaceful future.