"We remain resolute in our solidarity with the football community in Ukraine and stand ready to extend our hand to the Ukrainian people." In a separate move, German club Schalke 04 said it was removing Gazprom's logo from its shirts due to events in Ukraine. A senior Gazprom executive also quit the supervisory board of the Gelsenkirchen-based club after being a target of US sanctions. Matthias Warnig is CEO of the newly built but never operated Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline which is a multibillion-dollar project of Gazprom and European companies. Critics said Schalke was used to popularise Gazprom in Germany as it pushed to construct the gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, which bypassed Ukraine. Gazprom has been a sponsor since 2006 and provided the cash that fuelled a run to the Champions League semi-finals in 2011.