The President of BC "Prometey", Volodymyr Dubynskyi, addressed the fans of the club with an open letter where he announced that BC "Prometey" will not participate in the championship of Ukraine in the 2022/2023 season:

"Dear fans.

Today I have to to address you with sad news regarding the participation of our club in the Ukrainian basketball championship of the 2022/2023 season.

Starting from August of this year, basketball club "Prometey", despite all the organizational, security and financial difficulties, started preparation for participation in the upcoming basketball championship of Ukraine. The club fully completed the squad, provided accommodation for the players and staff of the Club, arranged meals for the athletes, rented a game hall where the team trains.

However, at such a difficult times for our country and for sport in whole, there are some people in the Basketball Federation of Ukraine, who are positioning their own ambitions or private interests higher than common interests of basketball community and the state as a whole. Thus, on September 13, under the heading of the President of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine, who left the Ukraine for Italy at the very beginning of the war, via Zoom-conference, the meeting of the FBU Executive Committee was held; where, almost unanimously, a discriminatory for our basketball club “Prometey" decision was approved. For all clubs-participants of the basketball championship of Ukraine, an application fee of 40 000 UAH was set; however, exclusively for the basketball club "Prometey" this fee appeared of 4 500 000 UAH, which is more than 100 times higher than for the rest of the clubs.

Our club expresses indignation with the current situation developed in Ukrainian basketball and categorically declare inadmissibility of selective, discriminatory prejudiced attitude to any of club-members of basketball community. We emphasise that the main principle of any sports competitions is a principle of fair play, which implies the equality for all participants..

We sincerely hope, that the president of the FBU Mykhailo Brodskyi will join the Ukrainian people as soon as possible, will return to Ukraine and understand how difficult it is to organize the training process and find financial sources to support clubs, as well as understand the condition of athletes and coaches who, being under the constant threat of missiles attacks, want to play , and not depend on the shameful and biased decisions of the FBU.

Today, I have to state a sad fact - the club that is the flagship of Ukrainian basketball, the current champion of Ukraine, the club that last year with their games and victories raised the rating of Ukraine to the 16th place of the Basketball Champions League, gaining a record number of points for the country, today due to the actions and decisions of the FBU were actually thrown out of the championship of Ukraine.

Basketball club "Prometey" will not participate in the XXXII Ukrainian basketball championship among men's teams in the 2022/2023 season, unless the Basketball Federation of Ukraine eliminates the manifestations of bias and discrimination against our club.

So, we remain in the country, we continue working and doing everything for our common victory, the Club continues to represent Ukraine on the international arena.

It is painful and terrible, but we were left with no other choice.

With respect, with faith in victory, the president of the basketball club "Prometey" Volodymyr Dubynsky.

Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine!"