The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the 18th round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26.

Thus, the match Dynamo Kiev - Epicenter was officiated by Roman Blavatsky, and the VAR system was supported by Volodymyr Novokhatniy.

The match between Shakhtar and Veres was entrusted to Oleksandr Shandor, who was assisted by Klim Zabrod using the VAR system.

UPL. Round 18, February 27, Friday 13:00. Dynamo – Epicenter. Referee – Roman Blavatsky (Lviv). BAA referee – Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy).

15:30. Shakhtar – Veres. Referee – Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv). WAA referee – Klim Zabroda (Kiev).

February 28, Saturday 13:00. LNZ – Polissia. Referee – Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Oleksiy Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky).

15:30. Metalist 1925 – Oleksandriya. Referee – Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava). BAA referee – Oleksandr Omelchenko (Slovyansk).

1st pregnancy, week 13:00. Krivbas – Zorya. Referee – Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi). VAA referee – Igor Paschal (Kherson).

15:30. Obolon – Rukh. Referee – Dmitro Evtukhov (Dnipro). BAA referee – Mykola Balakin (Kiev region).

18:00. Karpati – Kolos. Referee – Vitaly Romanov (Dnipro). BAA referee – Dmytro Panchishin (Kharkiv).

2nd Bereznya, Monday 13:00. SC Poltava – Kudrivka. Referee – Dmytro Kubriak (Odessa). BAA referee – Sergiy Zadiran (Kiev region).

It was previously reported that the UPL confirmed the dates for the first matches of the 20th round.