MOSCOW, Feb. 28 Russian forward Joel Bolomboy left the location of the Moscow basketball club CSKA , according to the website of the army team. Earlier, Tornike Shengelia, Iffe Lundberg, Marius Grigonis and Johannes Vogtmann left the team for personal reasons. It is noted that the status of agreements with the players will be resolved when the political and sports situation in Europe normalizes. All other basketball players and coaches continue to prepare for the upcoming matches according to the usual schedule. Bolomboy is 28 years old, he is a native of Donetsk. The player has been representing CSKA since 2018. As part of the army team, he became the winner of the Euroleague, twice — the VTB United League and once — the owner of the Super Cup of the VTB United League. Before CSKA, Bolomboy was a member of the American clubs Utah Jazz and Milwaukee Bucks. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and the DPR.
