England players taking on Ukraine on Sunday are well versed in the struggles of that nation, not simply because the invasion of Russia is daily in the news but also because many of them have a personal connection in Oleksandr Zinchenko.
John Stones, Kyle Walker, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish all know him well from his time at Manchester City and Bukayo Saka and Aaron Ramsdale are now Arsenal team-mates. As such, they are aware of the enormity of the situation and the personal cost to Ukrainians.
Stones recalls the day of the invasion last year and the trauma that news brought for Zinchenko.