Chelsea's Stamford Bridge will host Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk's Champions League games this season Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP

Shakhtar Donetsk dreams of one day taking Champions League soccer back to Ukraine but a temporary home at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge helps keep the war-torn nation’s struggles “visible,” according to the club’s chief executive Sergei Palkin.

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