The coordination headquarters and humanitarian hub of the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) in Dnipro visited Poltava with a humanitarian mission. Since the beginning of Russia's large-scale military invasion, more than 5 thousand internally displaced persons have already found refuge in Poltavshchyna due to hostilities.

Within the framework of inter-regional cooperation between regional football associations, First Vice President of UAF and coordinator of the Dnipro hub Alan Plyev, Vice President of UAF Yuri Pochotnyi, Head of the Football Association of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Viktor Andrukhiv, star ex-player of "Dnipro" Oleg Tarasov, and football legend and Seoul-1988 Olympic champion Oleksiy Cherednik brought humanitarian aid that included food supplies, medicines, and essential items for the Football Association of Poltavshchyna.

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During their visit, representatives of the coordination headquarters visited the "Vorskla" stadium named after Oleksiy Butovsky and met with legendary forward of Poltava club and coach of Ukraine's youth team Oleksandr Melashchenko and administrator of the national team Oleksandr Kistkin.

Photo by the press service of UAF

The regional football association, headed by Valeriy Golovko, will distribute this aid among families with children who have been evacuated from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.