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Premier League's Ukrainian stars Andriy Yarmolenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Vitalii Mykolenko are given support by their clubs and team mates amid Russian threat to their families back home

Premier League players are rallying around their Ukrainian team mates as they struggle to come to terms with the Russian invasion of their homeland, and the threat it poses to their loved ones.

The top-flight stars find themselves 1,500 miles from home as their families are forced to face the horror of war after Russian forces mounted a full-scale invasion.

The Premier League's Ukrainian players have voiced their anguish on social media, including Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko, Everton's Vitalii Mykolenko and West Ham's Andriy Yarmolenko.

And today their managers have spoken of how they are coping and being supported.