The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the match of the 25th round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26.
Thus, the match between Kryvbas and Dynamo Kiev was officiated by Oleksandr Shandor for a week, and Viktor Kopievskyy was responsible for the VAR system..
The fight Kudrivka - Shakhtar of the same day was entrusted to Roman Blavatsky, who was assisted by Vitaly Romanov with the VAR system.
UPL. 25th round 24th week, Friday 15:30 Kolos – SK Poltava. Referee – Artem Mikhailyuk (Kiev). BAA referee – Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv).
25th week, Saturday 18:00 Rukh – Karpaty. Referee – Oleg Kogut (Ternopil). BAA referee – Dmytro Panchishin (Kharkiv).
26th quarter, week 13:00 Kryvbas – Dynamo. Referee – Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv). BAA referee – Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi).
15:30 LNZ – Metalist 1925. Referee – Maxim Koziryatsky (Zaporizhzhya). BAA referee – Mykola Balakin (Kiev region).
18:00 Kudrivka – Shakhtar. Referee – Roman Blavatsky (Lviv). BAA referee – Vitaly Romanov (Dnipro).
18:00 Polissia – Obolon. Arbitrator – Oleksiy Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky). BAA referee – Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy).
27th week, Monday 13:00 Epicenter – Oleksandriya. Referee – Mikhailo Raida (Transcarpathian region). VAA referee – Igor Paschal (Kherson).
15:30 Zorya – Veres. Referee – Sergiy Zadiran (Kiev region). BAA referee – Denis Reznikov (Kamyansk).
After 24 rounds, Shakhtar finishes in the UPL, ahead of LNZ by six points. Polissia closes the top three, standing 11 points ahead of “Girniki”.