The national team that will represent Ukraine at the 2025 Invictus Games in Canada has been announced. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine.
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The names of 35 veterans who will represent Ukraine at the international Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 have been published.
Full list of the Ukrainian national team members:
- Oleksandr Andrienko, police captain, represents Donetsk region.
- Androshchuk Oleksandr, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the Kyiv region.
- Anatoliy Birko, lieutenant colonel of the National Guard of Ukraine, represents Khmelnytsky region.
- Andriy Boichuk, senior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Ivano-Frankivsk region.
- Oleksiy Vasyliev, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Odesa region.
- Oleksiy Vasylyuk, a junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Poltava region.
- Haiduk Ilya, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Khmelnytsky region.
- Horb Oleksiy, a junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Kherson region.
- Serhiy Hordiyevych, a senior soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Volyn region.
- Viktor Dykyi, a chief sergeant of the National Guard of Ukraine, represents Donetsk region.
- Dudlya Demian, a soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine, represents the Dnipro region.
- Kaystro Viacheslav, a sergeant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Dnipropetrovs'k region.
- Kapkanets Vladyslav, senior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Dnipropetrovs'k region.
- Kopelyuk Kostyantyn, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Volyn region.
- Pavlo Korytniuk, a senior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Rivne region.
- Korolenko Inna, a junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Lviv region.
- Ivan Lavreniuk, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Vinnytsia region.
- Volodymyr Marchenko, Captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the city of Kyiv.
- Mylin Arthur, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the city of Kyiv.
- Nasada Andriy, a senior soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Ivano-Frankivsk region.
- Valeriy Odaynyk, captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Khmelnytsky region.
- Ihor Oliynyk, Lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the city of Kyiv.
- Oleh Omelchuk, captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Khmelnytsky region.
- Ilya Pylypenko, a sailor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Odesa region.
- Roman Poltavets, a junior sergeant in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the Kharkiv region.
- Oleksiy Prytula, a senior soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Odesa region.
- Arsen Ryaboshapko, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Kirovohrad region.
- Alla Senchenko, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the Volyn region.
- Ruslan Serhiichuk, police lieutenant, represents the Dnipro region.
- Denys Smolnikov, a sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Luhansk region.
- Mykhailo Tarasenko, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the Kharkiv region.
- Oleksiy Tunin, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the city of Kyiv.
- Yevhen Tyurin, senior sergeant of the National Guard of Ukraine, represents Lviv region.
- Serhiy Khrapko, a senior soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents the city of Kyiv.
- Yaroslav Sharkyi, a senior soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, represents Poltava region.
A total of 329 soldiers and veterans from different regions of Ukraine took part in the qualifying competitions.
Ruslana Velychko-Trifoniuk, Deputy Minister for Veterans Affairs, during a press conference on the announcement of the national team, said that compared to last year, the number of team members had increased from 25 to 35.
We are grateful that Ukraine has been given this opportunity, because it is extremely important for our veterans, for our military personnel
Taras Kovalyk, head of the Come Back Alive veterans' department, said that, in his opinion, this year's selection system was one of the most objective.
We want to get to know our participants as well as possible and give this information to the selection committee so that they can see the whole picture of the person
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The Invictus Games is an international sporting event for military personnel and veterans who have been injured, wounded or ill in the line of duty. Their goal is to promote the recovery and rehabilitation of veterans and servicemen who were wounded, injured or ill during or as a result of their service in the combat zone through sport.
For the Ukrainian team, this year's Invictus Games will be a jubilee event, as it will be the fifth time the team has participated in this international competition.