Children's Football Tournament in Memory of a Soldier
A children's football tournament will be held in Kyiv to honor the soldier of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade, Pavlo Petrichenko.
This information was shared by the soldier's sister, Marina, on her Instagram account.
The annual event will take place on April 26 at 4 Vasyl Ivanis Street in the capital of Ukraine. The charity contributions will be directed towards drones for the "gang of academics and microscopes" within the drone reconnaissance company of the "Height Predators" battalion, 59th Separate Motorized Brigade of the Armed Forces.
The spectator fee will be 250 hryvnias, while participants will contribute 1000 hryvnias.
Event program:
- 09:30 – 12:00 Morning session — matches of children's teams
- Awarding the young football players
- 12:30 Memorial solemn opening
- 13:00 – 19:00 Afternoon session — matches of adult teams
- Awarding the winners
Pavlo Petrichenko was born in Kyiv and participated in the Euromaidan; later, he worked with the charity fund of Serhiy Prytula. Since 2022, he served in the Armed Forces in aerial reconnaissance. He was killed on April 15, 2024, while performing a combat mission in Avdiivka.
It’s worth noting that earlier in March, there was a charity auction with Ukrainian sports stars, which raised funds to support the 12th Special Purpose Brigade "Azov".
