Leader "Zviahel" was briefly down after transferring its striker Denis Ndouke to "Polska". In the opposite direction, Polissya's foreigners Wendell from Brazil and Congolese Borel Tomandzotu moved on loan to "Zviahel". The wards of Serhiy Shishchenko have had mixed success in friendly matches: they won against Vinnytsia "Niva" (3:0), "Left Bank" (1:0), but lost to Mariupol (1:3) and "Dinaz" (1:2).

The main competitor of "Zviahel" in the fight for promotion, FC "YUKSA", has strengthened its ranks with half-back Andriy Kireiev from "Kremen". In their latest friendlies, wards of Mikhailo Tsimbala beat juniors of "Zoria" (3:1), amateurs from "Storm" (1:0) and drew against "Epicenter" (1:1).

Another team from the top group, "Chaika", played a night match in a friendly game with "Dinaz" - 3:3. Newcomers are making good impressions - Yevhen Bykov from "Pidgileya", Oleksandr Kalchuk from "Kremen", and Bohdan Khobta from "Locomotiv".

Players of "Skala 1911" are conducting another stage of preparation for the spring part of the season in Zakarpattia. Striy played a night match with "Metalist" (2:2) and lost to "Bukovyna" (1:3). The coaching staff is counting on newcomers - Illia Tsurkana from FC "YUKSA", Oleksandr Rudenko from "Kudryvka", Vadym Mertieiev from "Hust", and Andriy Raluchenko from "Mykyhaliv".

Also in Zakarpattia these days are located "Karpaty-2". The latest newcomers to Lvivians include Vadim Hudyinsky from "Agrobusiness", Dmytro Yorodovsky from "Metalurh" and promising Matviy Burenko, who previously played for Estonian "Tallinn Trans".

Finally, we note that due to financial difficulties, "Metalurh-2" decided to stop playing in the second league of Ukraine.

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