The appearance of the players on the pitch accompanied by children before the match is always a special and touching event during every Dynamo home game. In the Ukrainian championship game against Polissya, which took place at the Dynamo V. Lobanovsky Stadium on 21 April, the match participants were brought onto the green pitch by children from the families of our club's most loyal fans who died defending Ukraine from Russian aggression.
At this match, the audience honoured the memory of 47 representatives of the Dynamo Kyiv fan movement who gave their lives for our future. It was a joint action of our club and the Tribune of Heroes charity foundation.
These 47 true heroes died for our freedom!
Yuriy "Patriot" Pravka
Orest "Orest" Kvach
Volodymyr "Skull" Palyga
Ihor "Belaz" Beloshitsky
Oleh "Berkut" Didushko
Dmytro "Right" Kolesnikov
Denys "Stalker" Rachinsky
Roman "Cherepok" Osypenko
Oleksandr "Adams" Derevyanko
Yevhen "Grepler" Slyusarenko
Oleksandr "Gryan" Gryanyk
Dmytro "Sarancha" Nyzhnyk
Daniel "Himalayan" Gerliani
Roman "Elk" Rudnytskyi
Dmytro "Tyaz" Pyasetskyi
Oleksii "Soldier" Rubtsov
Maksym "Rugby Player" Yalovtsov
Maksym "Nasim" Tokarev
Kostiantyn "Wind" Courtois
Pavlo "Dynamo" Bryhinets
Oleh "Fish" Rybalchenko
Denys "Greek" Zubriychuk
Artem "Terror" Novikov
Eduard "Dangerous" Kostrytsia
Valentyn "Abu" Demyanenko
Ihor "Roz" Rozumnyak
Ruslan "Oblomov" Kurulyak
Maksym "Ajax" Maksymenko
Maksym "Box" Bordus
Mykola "Kuzya" Kuznetsov
Oleksiy "Tykhyi" Naida
Danylo "Malyi" Buchma
Ihor "Koval" Markovkin
Oleksandr "Tykhyi" Tovstenko
Maksym "Bunny" Zaichenko
Serhiy "SP" Pavlichenko
Andrii "Bumper" Havrylenko
Rostyslav "Jerry" Tereshchenko
Anatolii "Ultras" Sinkevych
Dmytro "Dynamo" Ivanov
Yegor "Kobzar" Voloshyn
Serhii "Dynamo Osadchuk
Volodymyr "Knight" Osovenko
Oleksandr "Semen" Synelnykov
Mykola "Robin" Sydorchenko
Ivan "Bonus" Feseniuk
Oleksii "Professor" Kulinich
The opening of the match was attended by 8-year-old Sava and 9-year-old Anastasia, children from the families of representatives of the Dynamo Kyiv fan movement: Maxim Yalovtsov and Ruslan Kurulyak. They made the first symbolic kick of the ball.
It should be noted that Maksym Yalovtsov (call sign "Rugby Player") was a legendary member of the Dynamo ultra movement, one of the leaders of the Capitals team, a coach and a public figure. He was killed on 21 September 2022 while performing a combat mission behind enemy lines in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Ruslan Kurulyak (call sign "Oblomov") - originally from Zhytomyr, a fan of Dynamo Kyiv and Polissya Zhytomyr, a participant in the war in the East since 2014. He was killed on 24 January 2023 while performing a combat mission behind enemy lines in the Kherson sector.
Eternal glory to the Heroes of Ukraine!
Вечная память погибшим.