The only first league team preparing for the new season abroad is "Polesia". The wards of Yuri Kalitvynets after losing a very goal-laden friendly match (3:5) to Luhansk "Zorya", which is also currently based in Poland, drew 2-2 with a local elite division representative, "Wisia" (Plock).

While giving credit to the poles for their creativity in attack, it must still be noted that they desperately need to add solidity to their defense. On trial at "Polesia" is Vadim Chervak, who has recently played for clubs from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The first newcomers have been identified with "Precarpathia" and "Carpathians". Ivano-Frankivsk rented Vladimir Radulskyi, Volodymyr Rudyk, and Vladyslav Buchachyns'kyi from Lviv's "Ruh". However, one of the leaders of "Precarpathia", Vladyslav Semotyuk, signed a contract with elite "Kryvbas". In their last friendly match, Oleh Ripan's wards defeated amateurs from "Naftovyk" (Dolina) - 5:0.

In "Carpathians", Igor Duts', the former captain of "Ruh", who in the previous season defended the colors of Kazakhstani "Okzhetypes", as well as brothers Mykhailo and Ivan Koguti from "Agrobiznes", Dmitro Fastov from "Podhale" (Poland), and Oleh Len' and Yuriy Repeta from amateur teams in Lviv region, will continue their careers. Days ago, the wards of Andrii Tlumak played another friendly match against Ternopil's "Niva" and won - 1:0. The decisive goal was scored by Duts'.

By the way, for the Ternopolians this was only their second friendly in this off-season; in the first one they took the upper hand over "Agronom" (Velykyi Haidamak) - 1:0. The winners of the regional championship. "Niva" left behind experienced Vladyslav Dvorovenko and Taras Moroz, while Semen Vovchenko is on trial with elite "Veres".

"Metallurg" and "Skorka", who played a friendly match against each other, decided to try their strength in the first league. The stronger side turned out to be Zaporizhzhia - 4:2. Then, the wards of Volodymyr Mykytin took the upper hand over "Poltava" - 3:1.

As for "Skorka", its ranks have been left by Taras Hevlich, Nazarii Shevchenko, Serhiy Tsiubul's'kyi, and Yaroslav Shcherbina.

Footballers of "Girnyk-Sport" won in a charity tournament to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while their neighbors from "Kremen" played a friendly match with UPL representative "Ingul" and conceded - 1:2. Despite the defeat, the acting head coach of "Kremen", Roman Loktionov, remained satisfied with the friendly match as it helped him decide on potential newcomers who are currently on trial.