The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the match of the 26th round of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26.
Thus, the central match of the tour between Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk was officiated by Oleksandr Afanasyev from Kharkov, and Volodymyr Novokhatniy was responsible for the VAR system.
UPL. 26th round 1 Travnya, Friday 15:30 SK Poltava - Kryvbas. Referee – Igor Paschal (Kherson). BAA referee – Roman Blavatsky (Lviv).
2 May, Saturday 13:00 Oleksandriya - Kolos. Referee – Denis Reznikov (Kamyansk). BAA referee – Oleksiy Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky).
15:30 Veres - Epicenter. Referee - Viktor Kopievsky (Kropyvnytskyi). BAA referee - Dmytro Panchishin (Kharkiv).
18:00 Karpaty - LNZ. Referee - Mikola Balakin (Kiev region. BAA referee - Vitaly Romanov (Dnipro).
3 May, week 13:00 Obolon - Kudrivka. Referee - Dmytro Kubriak (Odessa). BAA referee - Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv).
15:30 Metalist 1925 - Polissya.
Referee - Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava). BAA referee - Dmitro Evtukhov (Dnipro).
18:00 Dynamo Kiev - Shakhtar. Referee - Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv). BAA referee - Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy).
4 May, Monday 18:00 Rukh - Zorya. Referee - Oleksandr Kalonov (Khmelnitsky). WAA referee - Klim Zabroda (Kiev).
After 25 rounds, Shakhtar tops the UPL, ahead of LNZ in the whole game. Polissia finishes in the top three, ahead of Dynamo by two points.