The Ukrainian anthem wasn't played at the volleyball tournament in Slovenia for the Ukrainian team.

[riversedge]

Way to go gals!!


Anton Gerashchenko
@Gerashchenko_en
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The Ukrainian anthem wasn't played at the volleyball tournament in Slovenia for the Ukrainian team.

Our athletes sang it without music. Then, they proceeded to win all three sets.

Link to tweet

[Clouds Passing]

1. That's the good kind of revenge 🇺🇦

[sl8]

5. Not really, if the venue was in Portugal.

I'm guessing that it was a foul-up, rather than malicious.

[tavernier]

2. Bravisima!

I understood that at the end!

[sl8]

3. In Slovenia or in Portugal?

I see both mentioned on social media as the venue, but the schedule on Wikipedia has that match in Portugal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Women%27s_European_Volleyball_League

It was Tournament 5, on 7 June.

Is Anton Gerashchenko a reliable source?

On edit:

The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) shows the venue as "Pavilhao de Desportos de VILA DO CONDE", which is in Portugal.

https://www.cev.eu/match-centres/cev-volleyball-european-golden-league-2025/cev-volleyball-european-golden-league-2025-women/evglw-14-slovenia-v-ukraine/#info

[chowder66]

6. He is. He probably just made a mistake.

Anton Yuriyovych Gerashchenko is a current official advisor and a former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament from 2014 to 2019, and was the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his actions, which was prevented by the SBU. Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Gerashchenko

[sl8]

7. Ah, very good.

Guess I could have looked him up, too.

Thanks for doing it for me.

[chowder66]

8. I follow him on Bluesky. I used to follow him on twitter and

looked him up before I followed him a few years back.

[sl8]

9. Thanks. Turns out, he had made a follow-up tweet within an hour:

Link to tweet

Anton Gerashchenko
@Gerashchenko_en
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Upd. There are reports that this was Portugal, not Slovenia.
5:35 PM · Jun 8, 2025

[chowder66]

12. He typically corrects. Thanks.

[Emrys]

10. Gerashchenko os generally responsible and reliable

He posted a correction an hour later:

Anton Gerashchenko
@Gerashchenko_en

Upd. There are reports that this was Portugal, not Slovenia.

[sl8]

11. Thank you.

I posted about his follow up a few minutes ago.

[riversedge]

13. Thanks for the update.

[Deuxcents]

4. The Ukrainian people never cease to be united and proud and my admiration only grows for them 🇺🇦