Former midfielder of the Ukraine national team, Dynamo Kyiv, and Dnipro Roman Maksymyuk has been killed during fighting in the Donetsk region, the footballer's wife, Vera Maksymyuk, said on October 16, APA reports.
The 50-year-old Maksymyuk joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the autumn of 2022.
Maksymyuk last contacted his wife on January 30, 2025. At that time, he told her that he was heading to a position in the Pokrovsk direction and would be unable to communicate for a long time.
No news was received from him afterward, and the serviceman was considered missing under special circumstances.