As a result of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the previous championship in the elite division had to be terminated prematurely. On July 28, the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association approved the schedule for the upcoming season, according to which August 23 was set as the first day of the first round of the Ukrainian championship.

Meanwhile, the top team in the Vbet League-2021/2022 standings as of February 24, 2022, "Shakhtar", completed their summer training camp in Rotterdam. The miners played against Dutch "Fortuna" (3:3), "Ajax" (1:3) and "Utrecht" (2:2). Their second training camp started on August 3 in the Slovenian city of Bled, with an announced away match against Italian "Roma" (August 7).

"Shakhtar" has rented from Belgian "Anderlecht" Mykhailichenko with a buyout option. The defender has six matches for the national team in his record. Brazilian Ismael, who wore orange and black, left the club, while Israeli Solomon will continue his career at English "Fulham". National team player Ignatenko, who belonged to "Shakhtar", continued playing for French "Bordeaux". The miners signed a rental agreement with Training Center of Polish "Legia". The deal is valid from August to November 2022.

"Dynamo" continued its path in the Champions League, beating Turkish "Fenerbahçe" in Istanbul. After that, on July 29, Kyivans played a charity match against "Everton" Vitaly Mykolenko at Goodison Park. The game ended with a home victory - 3:0. On the agenda is an upcoming meeting with Austrian "Sturm" in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. On August 3, in Łódź, Ukrainians won with a score of 1:0, on the 9th - the return match in Graz. The white and blues said goodbye to Slovenian Verbitsch, who will play for Greek "Panathinaikos".

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Third-placed team of the previous championship, "Dnipro-1", appointed Oleksandr Kucher as their new head coach. He previously led "Metalist". During training in Slovenia, sports club players played against UAE's "Al-Nassr" (0:0), Croatian "Pola" (2:0) and Slovenian "Beltenzi" (3:0). On August 6, a friendly match with UAE's "Al-Sharjah" is scheduled, another game will take place on the 10th. New additions to the team are Babenko, Horbunov, Tanchyk and Gromov; Ribak and Sarapay were loaned from Metalist for one year.

"Zorya" on Polish training camp played friendlies against Polish "Wisia" (3:2), "Polissa" (5:3) and a mixed game against "Blonia"/"Gutnik" (7:1). Bezborodko joined the team, Hlany's contract was extended. Upcoming for black-and-whites are matches in the third qualifying round of the Europa League with Romanian "Universitatea" (August 4 and 11).

In contrast, "Vorskla" has already completed their European Cup campaigns, conceding to Swedish AIK in a two-legged second qualifying round of the Conference League. Returning to Ukraine, white-and-greens won a friendly match against "Krivbas" (3:2) held in Zakarpattia.

"Oleksandria" played friendlies against "Metallurg" (3:0), "Ingulets" (3:3), "Kolos" (2:0) and "Kremen" (5:3).

In turn, "Kolos", besides "Oleksandria", played friendly matches against "Metalist 1925" (1:2) and "Druzhba" from Myronivka (2:0). Further friendlies for Kovalivtsi are scheduled for August 5th and 6th.

"Veres" played away matches against Hungarian "Debrecen" (0:1) and "Minae" (1:3). Upcoming - games against «Kolos» (August 6), «LNZ» (August 9) and «Ruh» (August 13). Panasenko moved to Metalist, while Vermenin Margaryan will play on loan for "Urartu" until the end of the season. Contracts were extended with Kucherov and brothers Shchastkov.

"Metalist 1925" played a series of friendlies against "Kolos" (2:1), Ivanivskiy "Sturm" (1:0), "Niva" from Buzova (3:0), "Chornomorets" (0:0), FSK "Mariupol" (3:0) and Kyiv's "Rubikon" (4:0).

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"Ruh" played an away match against Polish "Gurnik" (Zabrze) - lost with a score of 2:4. Then, under Leonid Kuchuk's guidance, they played a city derby against "Lviv" (0:1). A friendly game against "Chornomorets" is scheduled for August 6th. Rudyk and Buchatskyi moved to "Prykarpattia" on loan.

"Lviv" played friendlies against "Youth" (0:0), "Naftovyk" (2:2) and "Ruh" (1:0).

Traveling to Kyiv, "Chornomorets" played friendly matches against "Obolon" (0:0) and "Metalist 1925" (0:0). New addition is Naumets, while Rusin left the team.

"Ingulets" played friendlies against "Oleksandria" (3:3), "LNZ" (1:1) and "Kremen" (2:1). Upcoming - matches against "Poltava" and "Krivbas".

"Minae" played a friendly match with Mykolaiv's "VAST" (2:0), as well as met teams from the Ukrainian Premier League - "Krivbas" (1:3) and "Veres" (3:1). New addition to Zakarpattians is Kolesnik, while Kemkin and Golub signed new contracts.

Turkish training camp for "Metalist" ended with a friendly match against "Denizlispor" (0:0). The next stage of summer preparation will be held in Uzhhorod. New addition to the team is Panasenko.

"Krivbas", during their Zakarpattia training camp, played against "Minae" (3:1), "Sevlyush" (9:0) and "Vorskla" (2:3). Upcoming for the Krivoryzhets is a friendly match against "Metalist" on August 6th. New additions to red-and-whites are Semotyuk and Homa.