“During the communication, Rinat Akhmetov expressed admiration for Yana, her unbending character, strength and faith in herself. According to the club president, it is inspired by the fact that the Stepanenko family does not live the past, but only looks forward, so he has no doubt that Yana has a great future,” the club said.
According to him, the girl lost both legs as a result of the Russian missile strike at the Kramatorsk railway station in April 2022.
“After the treatment and prosthetics, Yana returned to a full life, began to play sports. In the spring of 2024, she overcame a five -kilometer distance at one of the most prestigious world marathons in Boston, and in March 2025 in a Shakhtar T -shirt ran at a marathon in Tokyo, showing the whole world an unbroken Ukrainian spirit,” the organizers of the meeting said.
Stepanenko's family was forced to move from the village of New York, Donetsk region, noted in the club. In September 2024, FC Shakhtar, by decision of the President of the Club Rinat Akhmetov, acquired a three -room apartment for them in Lviv.
