The Ukrainian Premier League match lasted 4 hours, 27 minutes instead of the normal 90 minutes after being interrupted by air-raid sirens on Wednesday, according to the Ukrainian Football Federation. Rukh Lviv and Metalist Kharkiv kicked off their match at Ukraine stadium in the western city of Lviv at 15:00 local time and finished it at 19:27, with three pauses after sirens sounded. Metalist eventually won 2-1, with the teams spending 145 minutes in a shelter in total and no strikes being detected in the area.
The Ukrainian Federation stated that "security measures are the main priority for us, so the two teams had to go to the shelter every time, according to available safety protocols. The total time of the match was actually 4 and half hours."
The new season of the Ukrainian league resumed behind closed doors on Tuesday, in an attempt to give a moral boost to the war-torn country. Four matches were played without any of them stopping due to air raid sirens.