Minister of Sports of Ukraine Vadym Gutzait announced that the new UPL football season will start on August 23.

He wrote about it on Facebook.

“The Ukrainian football championship will start on August 23, on the Day of the State Flag,” he said.

The Ministry of Sports has agreed to develop together with the Ukrainian Football Association, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, the National Police, the State Emergency Service, the regional and Kyiv city military administrations, the procedure for organizing and holding competitions under martial law.

It is already known that the matches will be held on the territory of Ukraine, without spectators, with the permission of the local military administrations and with mandatory observance of all safety rules.

The last UPL football season was was completed ahead of schedule due to the full-scale military invasion of Russia.

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