Left-back Oleksandr Zintjenko is chasing the Premier League title with Manchester City.
At the same time, his native Ukraine is being attacked by Russia.
The 25-year-old tells The Guardian about how the situation is consuming him.
- Trying to follow everything that happens is practically my life nowadays.
I wake up in the morning and check the phone, then it is firmly in my hand, he says.
"People are starving"
Zinchenko condemns the attitude of the outside world to the invasion.
- It has been over seven weeks now and you notice how people forget.
How they begin to adapt to the brutality of my homeland.
No no no.
People starve, die, bodies are found, how can anyone relax?
You need to talk about it even more.
I hate the people who invaded our country more every day.
He has several Russian friends, but does not hear much from them.
- I am so disappointed.
They may be scared.
We see pictures of Russians being captured if they protest.
But if we look at football players, or anyone with a large audience ... If everyone at the same time posted something on Instagram where they wrote: "Guys, we are against this war, we must stop it" they would all be arrested ?
Of course they would not.
It is such a shame that they do not say anything