A charity football tournament in support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces took place in Dnipro, featuring local football legends and servicemen from the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A charitable football tournament in support of the ZSU took place in Dnipro initiated by the regional branch of the UAF Coordination Center.

A charity football tournament in support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces took place in Dnipro, featuring local football legends and servicemen from the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Four teams participated in the tournament: a team of Dnipro football legends, as well as units formed from military personnel of air command "East" — "Aviator" unit A2533, "Meteor" unit A3297, and "Mosaic" unit A4608.

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The opening ceremony began with welcoming speeches from Olympic champions Oleksiy Cherdyntsev and Yevgeny Yarovinko, and legendary player Oleg Tarasov also addressed the participants. Before the start of the games, a moment of silence was held to honor fallen military personnel.

The award ceremony included First Vice President of the UAF and coordinator of the Dnipro hub Alan Plyev, head of the Football Association of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Viktor Andrukhiv, Chief of Staff — first deputy commander of the Air Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Vyacheslav Shamko, and Commander of air command "East", Major General Ivan Tereshuk, who presented participants with gifts from the UAF — balls signed by star footballers of Dnipro.

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After the charity tournament, the Coordination Headquarters team also visited children with severe forms of oncological diseases and cerebral palsy at the Dnipropetrovsk Children's Home-Orphanage. Representatives of the humanitarian hub of the UAF brought aid — food supplies, hygiene products, clothing, and basic necessities.