An emotive interview with Yehor Yarmoliuk is The Long Read in the matchday programme for Sunday's Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at Gtech Community Stadium.
The Brentford midfielder talks about the impact of the ongoing war in his home country of Ukraine and recalls the day that the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
“I lived in Dnipro,” he says. “I woke up because I heard some bombs. The first thing I did was call my family and ask what happened. They said, ‘The war has started’.
“I took my passport and important clothes and went to my family. I was living away from them so I went to my family as soon as possible.”
Yarmoliuk, who hasn't seen his father in two and a half years, also discusses moving to England when he didn't speak the language, and London becoming his "second home".
Read the full interview in Sunday's programme, which is available to buy around the Gtech before the Spurs game, or online at shop.brentfordfc.com.
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On each programme cover, members of the squad will be following riddles across west London, which will eventually lead them to the club's mascot - and the identity of the Beekeeper - on the final day of the season.
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