Preparations are currently underway for the temporary departure of the blue-and-yellow team beyond the country's borders. Therefore, President of the UAF, UEFA Executive Committee member Andriy Pavelko held a working meeting at the Kyiv Football House with head coach of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Petrakov. The meeting also included participation from First Vice-President of the UAF and Deputy Chairman of the National Teams Committee Oleg Blokhin, First Vice-President of the UAF and Deputy Chairman of the Professional Football Strategic Development Council Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, First Vice-President of the UAF Vadim Kostyuchenko, and Vice President of the UAF and Head of the Association of Football in AR Crimea and Sevastopol Serhiy Kunychyn.

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Andriy Pavelko, who is in constant contact with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, informed that the personnel at the training center of the national association of Slovenia are already waiting for the arrival of Ukrainian guests: UEFA and Slovenian colleagues sincerely wish to help blue-and-yellow during this difficult time when they do not have the opportunity to prepare for decisive matches due to the war.

The delegation of Ukraine's team led by Oleksandr Petrakov plans to arrive at the training camp in Bled on the evening of May 1. The next day, players from Donetsk Shakhtar will come after participating in their club's charity match against Croatian Hajduk Split. At the request of Dynamo Kyiv coach Miroslav Štračko (Mirel Radoi), the national team coach allowed Kyiv-based players to participate in their charity match against Swiss Basel on April 4, so the Kyivans will join the national team the next day.

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The first friendly match for Ukraine's national team is scheduled for May 6. The final agreement with UEFA on dates, opponents in the first and subsequent friendly matches will be made soon, and this information will be communicated immediately.

As informed by UAF President Andriy Pavelko, an official broadcast agreement for national team matches has been reached with TV channel "Football". Additionally, video and text live broadcasts of these matches can also be viewed on the resources of the UAF. This will be done to provide soldiers and citizens of our country who currently do not have access to Ukrainian television signals due to destruction caused by occupiers.

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Participants in the meeting also discussed a special design for the playing kit that Ukraine's national team will wear during friendly matches: it is planned that the jerseys of the players will symbolize the resilience and unity of our nation in the fight against the enemy, while emphasizing how proud we are to be Ukrainians.

List of Players Called Up from Ukrainian Clubs

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov, Anatoliy Trubin (both - Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla Poltava).

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev, Illia Zabarnyi, Oleksandr Syrota, Denys Popov (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Mykhailo Matviyenko, Serhiy Krivoshey, Viktor Kornienko, Valeriy Bondar, Yurym Konoplyanka (all - Shakhtar Donetsk).

Midfielders: Taras Stepanenko, Mykhailo Mudryk (both - Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Mykhailo Shaparenko, Vitaliy Buyalskyi, Denys Harmash (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Serhiy Buletsa (Zorya Luhansk), Oleksandr Pichalenko, Oleksii Hushchylak (both - SK Dnipropetrovsk-1).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (SK Dnipropetrovsk-1), Artem Besedin (Dynamo Kyiv).

Oleksandr Glyvinetskyi, press secretary of the national team