The President of the Ukrainian Football Association and Chairman of the UAF Coordination Center, Andriy Pavelko, along with First Vice-President of the UAF Vadym Kostyuchenko, made a working trip to Kirovohrad region.

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The heads of the UAF and the head of the regional football association, Viktor Bezsmertnyy, met with Deputy Head of the Regional Military Administration Serhiy Shermet to discuss organizational issues related to evacuating children's football teams from Kherson region, frontline areas of Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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Many children who are internally displaced persons, totaling around 19 thousand, are currently in Kirovohrad region. They receive necessary support from the football community, including FC "Zirka," whose Executive Director Andriy Perevoznik met with UAF leaders in Kropyvnytskyi along with other representatives of the city's football family. Later on the stadium, Andriy Pavelko, Vadym Kostyuchenko and Viktor Bezsmertnyy also met with children under the care of the club, presenting them with souvenirs and balls. Additionally, UAF representatives visited students of the Early Development Football School "Shkety," led by First Coach Andriy Pyatov, Honored Trainer of Ukraine Vadym Bondar, as well as students of DЮFK "Spartak" which warmly welcomed children from different cities in the conflict zone, and Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University named after V. Vinnichenko where displaced children also have an opportunity to play football.

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According to the results of the meeting with football activists in Kropyvnytskyi, the President of the UAF noted: "The team of the regional association has been actively engaged in humanitarian and volunteer work in Kirovohrad region for more than two months. Captivated by the unity and clear teamwork of the football community in Kirovohrad region around a single goal - victory for Ukraine's independence. Thankful to the head of the football family in the region Viktor Bezsmertnyy, club leaders, and all patriots of football in Kirovohrad region!"