The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the 12th round match of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26.
Thus, the match Dynamo Kiev - LNZ was officiated by Mikola Balakin, and Denis Shurman was responsible for the VAR system.
The match between Shakhtar and SK Poltava was entrusted to Maxim Koziryatsky, who will assist Viktor Kopievsky with the VAR system.
UPL. 12 round 7 leaf fall, Friday 15:30. Epicenter – Obolon. Referee – Oleksandr Solovyan (Kiev region). BAA referee – Mikhailo Raida (Transcarpathian region).
18:00. Kudrivka – Kolos. Arbitrator – Sofia Caina (Lviv region). BAA referee – Anastasia Romanyuk (Ivano-Frankivsk).
8 leaf fall, Saturday 13:00. Metalist 1925 – Zorya. Referee – Evgen Tsibulko (Cherkasy region). BAA referee – Roman Blavatsky (Lviv).
15:30. Veres – Rukh. Referee – Nazariy Djord (Uzhgorod). BAA referee – Sergiy Zadiran (Kiev region).
18:00. Karpaty – Kryvbas. Referee – Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava).
9 leaf fall, week 13:00.
Oleksandriya – Polissya. Referee – Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy).
15:30. Dynamo – LNZ. Referee – Mikola Balakin (Kiev region). BAA referee – Denis Shurman (Kiev region).
18:00. Shakhtar – Poltava. Referee – Maxim Koziryatsky (Zaporizhzhya). BAA referee – Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi).
After 11 rounds, Shakhtar is leading the UPL, ahead of Dynamo, Polissia, LNZ and Kryvbas by four points.