The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the third round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2026/27.

The match between Dynamo Kiev and Kolos was entrusted to Andriy Kovalenko, who was assisted by Roman Blavatsky through the VAR system.

The match between Kharkov and Donetsk Shakhtar was officiated by Oleksandr Shandor, and the VAR system was supervised by Viktor Kopievsky.

UPL. 3rd round 14th sickle, Friday 18:00. Epicenter – Veres. Arbitrator – Sofia Caina (Lviv region. BAA referee – Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy).

15th Crescent, Saturday 13:00. Kryvbas — Libyan Coast. Referee - Sergiy Zadiran (Kiev region. BAA referee - Oleksandr Omelchenko (Slovyansk).

15:30. Kudrivka — Obolon. Referee - Dmytro Kubriak (Odessa). BAA referee - Dmitro Evtukhov (Dnipro).

18:00. Karpaty - Bukovina. Referee - Artem Mikhailyuk (Kiev). BAA referee - Oleksiy Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky).

16th sickle, week 13:00. LNZ – Chornomorets. Referee - Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv). BAA referee - Mykola Balakin (Kiev region.

15:30. Kharkiv — Shakhtar. Referee - Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv). BAA referee - Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi).

18:00. Dynamo Kiev - Kolos. Referee - Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava). BAA referee - Roman Blavatsky (Lviv).

17th Crescent, Monday 18:00. Polissya - Zorya. Referee - Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv). WAA referee - Klim Zabroda (Kiev).

After two rounds before the UPL, Karpaty, Shakhtar and Polissia are in the lead, having scored six points each. Dynamo after one game gets three points and goes into fourth.