During the day, after the news of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, many esports organizations that appealed to large audiences published a message of support to Ukraine, adding the colors of Ukraine to their logos and calling for no to the war.
First of all, the Ukraine-based esports organization NAVI shared a statement about Ukraine from its social media accounts.
Following this message of NAVI, many esports organizations from many countries such as G2 Esports, NIP, Astralis, Big Clan, Fnatic, Heroic and Eternal Fire have published messages of support to Ukraine.
G2 Esports from Europe:
NIP from Sweden:
Astralis from Denmark:
Eternal Fire from Turkey:
*Support messages from many Esports organizations continue to come!
On social media, a number of esports stars are also voicing their support. Ukrainian Professional CS:GO star Sasha “s1mple” Kostyliev, spoke out about the awful circumstances in his home country earlier today.
These events are taking place during the IEM Katowice 2022. ESL Poland, which is currently housing numerous Ukrainian players, notably Natus Vincere’s s1mple and Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy, claimed it is working on further support during this tough moment in an interview with Polish journalist Patryk Stec.
ESL Poland said on Twitter “we are aware of the situation, and we are working on it. We will return with more information soon”.
The official Intel Extreme Masters Twitter account also stated that the company is “watching the situation in Ukraine,” with its “present priority” being to “help the players, talent, and employees who may be impacted.”
As esportimes, we say no to war.
