War time requires specific logistics, so from Ukraine the team traveled in two groups. Kyiv Dynamo players and Denis Miroshnichenko from «Oleksandria», along with the administrative-medical staff, departed on Sunday evening by train from Kiev to Przemysl. There they transferred to a bus and covered another 80 km to the airport in Jarosław. The second group, consisting of the coaching staff and players from «Shakhtar» and «Dnipro-1», who played their matches for the 18th round of UPL on the western part of Ukraine, arrived there by bus from Lviv. To this group also joined Oleksandria's goalkeeper Mykita Shevchenko.

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Independently, Eugene Konoplyanka arrived at the airport from Krakow as a player of «Krakowia». The meeting with the team was warm — Eugene hadn't seen the boys for a long time, and they were also very happy to see one of the most experienced players in the national team.

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In this composition, the blue and yellow team flew on a charter flight to London — at 13.30 Kiev time.

The flight lasted slightly more than two hours. From Stansted Airport, the team headed straight to the Hilton Syon Park hotel, which will be their London residence for a week.

At lunchtime, representatives of Ukrainian players from the English Premier League and other leagues — Eduard Sobolev, Andriy Yarmolenko, Andriy Lunin, and Roman Yaremchuk — will arrive at the hotel. A little later, at 6 p.m., Ruslan Malinovsky will fly in from Marseille.

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Tonight, the national team's program includes recovery fitness exercises on hotel grounds. And tomorrow, blue and yellow will hold their first training session at Brentford FC.

Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin («Real» Madrid, Spain), Anatoliy Trubin («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Mykita Shevchenko («Oleksandria»).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Denis Popov (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Mykola Matviyenko («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi («Bournemouth», England), Eduard Sobolev («Strasbourg», France), Oleksandr Svatos, Eduard Sarapin (both — «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Denis Miroshnichenko («Oleksandria»).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Georgiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Vitaliy Buyalskiy (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Pichalenko («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yarmolenko («Al-Ain», UAE), Ruslan Malinovsky («Olympique» Marseille, France), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Mykhaylo Mudryk («Chelsea» London, England), Eugene Konoplyanka («Krakowia» Krakow, Poland).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk («Brugge», Belgium), Artem Dovbyk («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk).

Oleksandr Hlyvinets, press secretary of the national team of Ukraine