Departures of note

Roman Maksymyuk was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder, earning five caps for the Ukraine national team between 1998 and 2002. Over his career he played for several clubs, including Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro, Chornomorets Odesa, Volyn and Zenit Saint Petersburg, winning the Ukrainian League and Cup with Dynamo Kyiv in the 1999-2000 season. After the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, he joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces in autumn 2022, serving in the 25th Airborne Brigade Sicheslav. He disappeared during a combat mission on the Pokrovsk front in the Donetsk region, with his last contact with his family on 30 January 2025. His death was confirmed by DNA analysis and announced by his family and former club, at the age of 51.