Brothers in arms: Russian and Ukrainian players on an esports team based in Kyiv have claimed the world title in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most popular multiplayer first-person shooter games around, and the unofficial CS:GO world title now belongs to Natus Vincere (NAVI), a team based in Kyiv comprising Russian and Ukrainian players. In the final game of the latest Major Championship tournament (held in Stockholm over the past two weeks), NAVI defeated the European team G2 Esports by a score of 2:0. For the first time in the tournament's history, the winning team claimed its crown without losing a single map in the game. During the competition's closing ceremony, NAVI player Kirill Mikhailov even proposed to his girlfriend. (She later said yes.) Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/11/09/brothers-in-arms