Liverpool fans ahead of their 2018 Champions League final. The green spring view was transformed into a sea of red - but has now been reduced to rubble.
A video shared on social media showed an image of a crater where a Russian missile had struck the heart of the city, destroying children's playgrounds and areas where people play chess.
The video was captioned: "Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv now. Probably the city’s busiest park, usually packed with people and street musicians."READ MORE: Ukrainian football ultras 'send their wishes' to Russian occupiers with bomb photo Jamie Webster, a Liverpudlian musician who had performed in Shevchenko Park in 2018, told The Athletic in May: "Kyiv is a warzone nowadays and it is tragic. "A lot of innocent people have died and it’s wrong.
It shouldn’t happen anywhere in the world. The fact that it is happening somewhere we have all got such fond memories of makes it really upsetting."Webster added of the atmosphere in the park: "We didn’t win the game but that day can never be taken away from us.
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