Ukrainian former Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin has lifted the lid on the dramatic scenes that saw him flee Moscow with his family when Russia waged war on his home country last week.
The now-42-year-old was serving as assistant manager at Dynamo Moscow before Vladimir Putin invaded his native Ukraine, but he now says he 'can no longer work in the country that is bombing my homeland'.
In an emotional interview with German newspaper Bild following his return to the country where he plied most of his trade as a footballer, Voronin said: 'We got out of Moscow before it was completely blocked.