Ukrainian esports team Na'Vi says it is 'not going to leave the country'

pcgamer.com:

Ukrainian esports team Natus Vincere (aka Na'Vi) has issued a statement about the future of the organization amidst the ongoing Russian invasion, saying that the vast majority of its employees remain in Ukraine and are not going to leave.

«The war continues,» the team wrote. «Now every resident of Ukraine, including the Na'Vi employees, is doing everything possible. They protect the cities as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense, provide assistance in Ukraine as volunteers, or simply take care of loved ones.

»More than 90% of our employees are now in Ukraine and are not going to leave the country. We take people out of the most dangerous regions and help them find housing. On our cars, volunteers daily deliver humanitarian aid around Kyiv and the region, and all Na'Vi clothes are distributed to people who spend the second week in cold bomb shelters, to children in hospitals and orphanages."

Na'Vi said that it will resume «covering matches, posting videos and communicating on social media» soon, but added that it will also continue to speak out about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also plans to launch several programs aimed at supporting the Ukrainian people. It expressed gratitude to supporters, including ESL, Blast, and European and American esports teams, but noted that it has broken off relations with Tinkoff Bank, a Russian commercial bank with ties to ESForce, the parent company of Russian esports team Virtus.pro: «We cannot work with brands that are oriented at the market of the aggressor country.»

On March 1, Na'Vi announced a formal split with ESForce and its related organizations, including Virtus.pro, a Russian esports team that was recently banned from ESL competition under its own