‘If you go on the train, you may die’: ice hockey player’s terrifying escape from Ukraine

• Eliezer Sherbatov was playing for HC Mariupol
• Foreign players are now leaving Russia and Ukraine

A Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player has described his harrowing escape from Ukraine, as foreign athletes in both Ukraine and Russia face life-threatening decisions over whether to stay or go.

Eliezer Sherbatov was with his team, HC Mariupol of the Ukrainian Hockey League, in the Donetsk region last week preparing for a game against Kramatorsk when a bomb exploded outside their hotel.