Ukraine Cricket Federation CEO Kobus Olivier: “It Is Quite Scary. They Have Surrounded Kiev”

With the ongoing invasion of the Russian troops into the regions of their neighbouring country Ukraine, people are in a state of shock and total fear as they witness the destruction around them. Kobus Olivier, who is a South African serving as the current CEO of the Ukraine Cricket Federation, admittedly said that the situation in and around the city has been very frightening.

Olivier commented on the situation he has been witnessing in the country and said “It is quite scary. They have surrounded Kiev. Some of my South African mates in our WhatsApp group say soldiers have gone past their apartments. They don’t know if it’s Ukrainians or Russians,” The airport in the city of Kiev has also been evacuated by the officials under the current circumstances to avoid any fatalities or injuries as well.

Olivier, who is also the International Relations under him said “I was walking my dog at 5 am this morning and I just heard a huge explosion. It sounded like it was right next to me, and I gathered from what I heard later on that they took out strategic targets here with missiles. They have evacuated everyone (from the airport) there is no staff (left) or anything. But I heard that they shot missiles at three airports here.”

“No one here wants to go back to the (Soviet Union) kind of life. Kiev is a good city and the people here live a good life and they are incredibly proud to be Ukrainians. It’s only around the Crimea area where there is a lot of pro-Russians there. But in the rest of Ukraine, especially in Kiev, they speak Russian but they don’t like Russia,”