The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the match of the 28th round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26.

Thus, the round match between Dynamo Kiev and Kovalivskiy Kolos was officiated by Andriy Kovalenko from Poltava, and the VAR system was supported by Dmytro Panchyshyn from Kharkov.

The match Shakhtar - Obolon was entrusted to Mykola Balakin from the Kiev region, who was assisted by Vitaly Romanov from Dnipro using the VAR system.

UPL. 28th round 12th May, Tuesday 13:00. Oleksandriya – Zorya. Referee – Evgen Tsibulko (Cherkasy region. BAA referee – Dmytro Evtukhov (Dnipro).

15:30. Epicenter – Polissia. Referee – Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy).

18:00. Veres – Krivbas. Referee – Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv). BAA referee – Roman Blavatsky (Lviv).

18:00. Metalist 1925 – Karpaty. Referee – Denis Shurman (Kiev region. VAA referee – Igor Paschal (Kherson).

13 May, Wednesday 13:00. Kudrivka – Rukh. Referee – Maxim Koziryatsky (Zaporizhzhya). BAA referee – Oleksiy Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky).

15:30. LNZ – SK Poltava. Referee – Oleg Kogut (Ternopil). BAA referee – Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi).

15:30. Dynamo – Kolos. Referee – Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava). BAA referee – Dmytro Panchishin (Kharkiv).

18:00. Shakhtar – Obolon. Referee – Mikola Balakin (Kiev region. BAA referee – Vitaly Romanov (Dnipro).

After 27 rounds, Shakhtar became the UPL pre-string champion, ahead of Polissya by 11 points. Behind the “Women” are LNZ, Dynamo Kiev and Metalist 1925, who have one, seven and nine points less than each other.