Very soon, on 23 February, the football season will resume in Ukraine after the winter break - in the framework of the Ukrainian championship and the Ukrainian Cup. However, as before, matches of national tournaments will probably be interrupted due to air raids.
The statistics of missile strikes for the last incomplete three months (December, January, February) shows that Kyiv, where Dynamo and Obolon host their opponents, was most often attacked by the enemy in winter: the capital city was hit by 6 missile strikes during the mentioned period of time.
Missile strikes on the UPL host cities for the period December 2023-February 2024 inclusive
1. Kiev - 6 missile strikes
2. Dnipro - 4
3. Krivoy Rog - 3
4. Lviv, Odessa - 1
5. Alexandria, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Rivne, Uzhgorod, Cherkasy - 0.
Kovalivka, Minai, Mlynovo tract (the Left Bank stadium is located here) - no data.
As for the regions, where there are host cities of the Ukrainian Football Championship, Dnipropetrovsk region was most often under missile attacks in December and February - it survived 23 enemy air attacks. Dnipro and Krivoy Rog, where Dnipro 1 and Kryvbas play, respectively, are located.
At the same time, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattya and Rivne regions were the safest, which were not hit by a single missile attack during the mentioned period of time.
Missile strikes on the regions of Ukraine that have host cities of Ukraine for the period December 2023-February 2024 inclusive
1. Dnepropetrovsk oblast (UPL host cities - Dnipro, Krivoy Rog) - 23 missile strikes
2. Kiev region (Kiev, Kovalivka) - 6
3. Kirovograd Oblast (Alexandria) - 5
4. Poltava region (Poltava) - 2
5. Cherkasy Oblast (Cherkasy), Odesa Oblast (Odesa), Lviv Oblast (Odesa) - 1
6. Zhytomyr Oblast (Zhytomyr), Zakarpattya Oblast (Uzhgorod, Minai), Rivne Oblast (Rivne) - 0.
These statistics do not take into account the attacks from the air with the help of attack drones "Shahed", which have long been carried out exclusively at night.
Recall, the first round of the championship of Ukraine season-2023/24 in 2024 will be held from 23 to 26 February. Kyiv Dynamo will meet Kharkiv Metalist 1925 within this round. This match is nominally an away match for Kyiv, but by agreement between the clubs will be held in Kyiv at the stadium "Dynamo" named after Valeriy Lobanovskiy (25 February, kick-off at 15:30).
