The Referees Committee of UAF has appointed the officiating team for the central match of the 26th round of the Ukrainian championship, which will take place next Sunday, April 27, at the Arena Lviv stadium, featuring Donetsk’s Shakhtar and Kyiv’s Dynamo.

The on-field referee will be Vitaliy Romanov from Dnipro. In the current season, he has already officiated matches involving Dynamo four times:
— Ukrainian championship, 1st round, Alexandria vs Dynamo (0:0);
— Ukrainian championship, 7th round, Dynamo vs Rukh (0:0);
— Ukrainian championship, 13th round, Dynamo vs Polesie (2:1);
— Ukrainian Cup, quarterfinal, Rukh vs Dynamo (0:1).
The assistant referees for the Shakhtar vs Dynamo match will be Semen Shlonchak (Cherkasy) and Viktor Nizhnik (Vinnytsia). The fourth official will be Oleg Kogut (Ternopil).
Additionally, the VAR system will be in operation during the upcoming match under the supervision of Mykola Balakin from Kyiv region.