💰 Eastern Ukraine ice arena destroyed in Russian attack, hockey federation says

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KYIV, Jan 3 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack destroyed an ice arena in the town of Druzhkivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Monday, the Ukrainian ice hockey federation said, after earlier reports of a missile hitting the town and injuring two people."So it is that since the start of the war, the Russian occupiers have destroyed five ice stadiums," the federation said on its Telegram channel, naming them as the Druzhba venue in Donetsk, arenas in Mariupol and Melitopol, the Ice Palace in Sievierodonetsk and now the Altair arena in Druzhkivka.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reacted to Monday's attack with a scathing post on Twitter in which he blasted resistance to Ukraine's calls to exclude Russian athletes from international sporting events."I invite all sports officials who want to allow Russian athletes to compete in international events because, as they say, 'politics should be kept out of sports', to visit the Altair ice arena in Druzhkivka ruined by Russia’s 'politically neutral' shelling," Kuleba wrote.Moscow says its attacks, which have knocked out heat and power to millions in winter, aim to reduce Kyiv's ability to fight."

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