Shakhtar Donetsk Use Stamford Bridge as Champions League Base Amid War

Shakhtar Donetsk, managed by Arda Turan, are using Chelsea's Stamford Bridge to host their Champions League matches as they continue operating without home games in Ukraine. The club is based near Lviv, where air raid sirens remain a regular disruption — including a pre-dawn alert the morning this piece was reported. A second-half delay in Rivne due to an air raid alarm underlines the extraordinary conditions in which the club is playing. Shakhtar's continued participation in European football while operating under active wartime conditions — air raids, no home ground, constant displacement — is one of the more remarkable stories in the game right now.