28/02/2022
Ukraine is at war! ... We wake up due to the howls of air-raid sirens and because the cries of our children; we go unarmed on the tanks to stop them; we prepare Molotov cocktails; and "Russian ship, go f**k" - these are not bad words, but a statement of our civil positions!
We know that any sport is apolitical, but that is only true up to the time when a neighboring country starts a war with your own, when the occupier on the tank comes under your windows, starts killing inhabitants and hiding behind a living shield of women and children.
On February 24, 2022, at 5 o'clock in the morning, Russia started with launching missile strikes on Ukraine from the Russian and Belarussian borders and began the territory invasion of an independent European country. Our choice was to fight and shoot within our cities and villages, not within the paintball fields, unfortunately. Ukraine was choosing freedom more than once, it happened in 1991, 2004, 2014; and today we stand not only for our freedom, but for the freedom of Europe and the whole world. Sometimes we get crying and feel scared, but our proud country gives it hot to the world terrorist. We stand for our own: we hold our truth, we protect our children and our land, and we will not give up an inch of it!
We are grateful to our friends from all over the world for their support and readiness to provide a shelter to our citizens. We are sure that we will win very soon and will get back to the paintball fields again!
Right now, European countries are imposing sanctions on Russia and Belarus, so we also ask you to join their position, namely:
1) Exclude Russia from UPBF, EPBF
2) Prohibit Russian athletes/teams from participating in international competitions like NXL, NXL EUROPE, DPL, CPPS, PXL/PLP, CPS.
3) Stop the rights to broadcast international paintball competitions on Russian channels.
4) Prohibit Russian companies from sponsoring sports clubs, teams, and international competitions.
We also ask you for informational support by spreading the truth about the aggressive actions of Russia and Belarus.
Our strength is in unity! Together we will defeat Russian propaganda!
Glory to Ukraine!