Protecting the Ukrainian team in the Euro24 is a challenge for Germany

According to the international group Tasnim news agency quoted by “Spiegel” weekly, the championship European men’s football starts this Friday in Germany. The national team of Ukraine has also qualified to participate in this tournament. The team travels from the war in Ukraine to this sporting event in Germany. Since sports is always a political issue, Nancy Pfizer, the German Federal Minister of the Interior, is concerned about the protection of this sports team. Pfizer said in an interview with Bild magazine on Thursday: This is a special challenge for us. And we are specifically preparing to protect this team.

When asked about this, Pfizer did not want to rule out the possibility that Russia could try to do harm through cyber attacks. To reject the use of the European Championship. In this regard, Pfizer said: “We expect all scenarios and we are ready for a long time, and of course, this terrible attack by Putin on Ukraine also plays an important role in terms of security.

Ukraine from February 2022 Russia has invaded and Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has annexed parts of this country. Despite the war, a semblance of daily life is possible in large parts of Ukraine. The Ukrainian national team qualified for the European Championship at the last minute in March.

According to the German “Bild” magazine, the Ukrainian team is staying in a hotel in Taunusstein Neuhof (Hesse). The team will play its first game on Monday in Munich against Romania. After that, the group games against Slovakia in Dusseldorf and against Belgium in Stuttgart will be held.

In addition to protecting the Ukrainian team, the German security authorities are concerned about public safety and the risk of imminent attacks by extremists. or the violence of hooligans.

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