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Kateryna Antoshkina of RC Metalist-1925 Kharkiv is tackled by Yulia Bohdanova of RC Levytsi Lviv during 2024 Ukrainian Women's Rugby Sevens Super League at Yunist Stadium on September 14, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian veterans with amputations perform exercises on sports prostheses during a training session on July 6, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine. Defenders of Ukraine who were seriously wounded at the front receive treatment and rehabilitation in the ‘Superhumans’ Rehabilitation Center. The need for quality prosthetics services inside Ukraine is already huge and continues to grow during ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh competes in the high jump during the Oleksiy Demyanyuk Memorial charity tournament on January 17, 2026 in Lviv, Ukraine. Oleksiy Demyanyuk (1958–1999) was a USSR champion in high jump. Oleksiy Demyanyuk Memorial is held for the 26th time gathering the best high jumpers of Ukraine, both youth and grown-ups. For the last four years the tournament is held to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Andriiuk of FC Eagles Zdolbuniv pulls a flag of Bohdan Nahiiev of FC Bisons Zhytomyr during the flag football final tour of 2024 Men's Ukrainian League of American Football on July 28, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Wounded Ukrainian veterans, patients of the ‘Unbroken’ National Rehabilitation Center, play with rugby ball at Yunist Stadium on June 15, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Yana Stepanenko, 13, who lost her legs in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, trains for the Tokyo Marathon at the Skif Stadium on February 19, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Yana Stepanenko, who lost both legs in 2022 as a result of a rocket attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk, will take part in the marathon in Tokyo, which will take place March 1. During the marathon Yana Stepanenko will raise funds for the prothesis for Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Zhavnenko. This will be Yana's third marathon.
Olga Nyzhnyk in the women's category reaches the finish line with a time of 1h 19m 7s during the 7th Lviv Half Marathon on September 3, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. In spite of the ongoing war 1800 people pass through the most emblematic streets of the city to complete the 21 and 5 kilometres of the competition. In 2022 the marathon was cancelled due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Players in wheelchairs compete for the ball during the Titans Cup-2025 3x3 basketball tournament in the city center on August 30, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Four teams from Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk take part in the tournament.
Vladyslav Zatsarenskyi of FC Bisons Zhytomyr reaches to pull a flag of Oleksandr Andriiuk of FC Eagles Zdolbuniv during the flag football final tour of 2024 Men's Ukrainian League of American Football on July 28, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Mykola, wounded Ukrainian veteran and patient of the ‘Unbroken’ National Rehabilitation Center, rides Donut during horse riding training for the veterans of Russian-Ukrainian war on June 21, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian veterans with leg amputations, play soccer on sports prostheses during a training session on July 6, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine. Defenders of Ukraine who were seriously wounded at the front receive treatment and rehabilitation in the ‘Superhumans’ Rehabilitation Center. The need for quality prosthetics services inside Ukraine is already huge and continues to grow during ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war.
Ukrainian veteran receives a kiss after finishing a cycling qualification race for the Invictus Games on April 30, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. The Invictus Games is an international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. Veterans of the war in Ukraine who have been injured can apply to participate in the international games, which will be held from September 9 to 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ihor Nikolaiets of FC Bisons Zhytomyr reaches to pull a flag of Veniamin Radchuk of FC Eagles Zdolbuniv during the flag football final tour of 2024 Men's Ukrainian League of American Football on July 28, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Bohdan, wounded Ukrainian veteran and patient of the ‘Unbroken’ National Rehabilitation Center, rides Daimio during horse riding training for the veterans of Russian-Ukrainian war on June 21, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Children compete for the ball during Ukrainian Children's Tag Rugby League contest at Yunist Stadium on August 25, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Kateryna Tabashnyk competes in the high jump during the Oleksiy Demyanyuk Memorial charity tournament on January 18, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Oleksiy Demyanyuk (1958–1999) was a USSR champion in high jump. Oleksiy Demyanyuk Memorial is held for the 26th time gathering the best high jumpers of Ukraine, both youth and grown-ups. For the last three years the tournament is held to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yana Stepanenko (L), 12, who lost her legs in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, trains for the Boston Marathon with her coach Anastasia Matiiok (R) at the stadium on April 4, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine. On April 8, 2022, a Russian missile hit the Kramatorsk train station killing nearly 60 people and injuring more than 100, according to the Ukrainian government.
Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Zhavnenko on the wheelchair plays basketball at the Skif Stadium on February 19, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Albina Voinenko of RC Levytsi Lviv scores a try playing against RC Metalist-1925 Kharkiv during 2024 Ukrainian Women's Rugby Sevens Super League at Yunist Stadium on September 14, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine.
Children compete for the ball during ‘Spring Hopes’ Ukrainian children's Rugby-5 contest at Yunist Stadium on March 22, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. 220 children and 20 teams from Lviv and Ternopil Region took part in the tournament.
Players of FC Pokrova Lviv AMP-2 warm up prior to a friendly match against FC Stal-Bukovyna Chernivtsi at the Bosco Arena on March 29, 2026 in Lviv, Ukraine. The Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) will launch its second national championship for amputee football next month.
Oleh Doroshchuk competes in the high jump during the Oleksiy Demyanyuk Memorial charity tournament on January 17, 2026 in Lviv, Ukraine. Oleksiy Demyanyuk (1958–1999) was a USSR champion in high jump. Oleksiy Demyanyuk Memorial is held for the 26th time gathering the best high jumpers of Ukraine, both youth and grown-ups. For the last four years the tournament is held to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian football players Andriy Shevchenko, Igor Belanov and Oleg Blokhin hold their Ballons d'Or trophy next to Lviv City Hall on May 29, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Ukrainian football players Andriy Shevchenko, Igor Belanov and Oleg Blokhin bring their Ballons d Or (Golden Balls) trophies for the exhibition to raise funds for the UAF s School Ball children tournament. The Three Golden Balls exhibition starts in Lviv and will travel to eleven cities of Ukraine.
Columbian veteran plays tennis during the opening of physical activity space for veterans and para athletes at Halychyna Rehabilitation Center on March 14, 2025 in Velykyi Liubin, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. About 60 people can undergo a full cycle of rehabilitation procedures at the same time in the new space.
Ukrainian veterans compete during the 9th Ukrainian Petanque Tournament in Stryiskyi Park on September 20, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. About 120 war veterans from Kyiv, Odesa, Kovel, Poltava, Dnipro, Lutsk, Novovolynsk, Ternopil, Kamianske, and Kryvyi Rih take part in the tournament during two days.
Ukrainian veterans with legs amputations train boxing using sports leg protheses at SC Kruk on December 17, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Levitate is a Copenhagen-based company producing sports equipment for amputees. During the last two years its Ukrainian branch has been providing free prostheses to 2,000 Ukrainian defenders. Today is the fifth sports prosthetics event in cooperation with the Unbroken Foundation.
A boy tries a sports bow at the ‘Killers have no place at the Olympic Games’ February 24, 2023 in Lviv, Ukraine. Оn the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine Lviv are calling on the sports community around the world to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. A performance titled ‘Killers have no place at the Olympic Games’ was held in one of the city's sports halls. The exhibition included photos of deceased athletes who gave up their lives for their homeland, alongside their sports equipment that would not be taken to the Olympic Games. During the Russian aggression in Ukraine, more than 220 Ukrainian athletes died and 320 objects of sports infrastructure were destroyed.
Yana Stepanenko, 12, who lost her legs in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, trains for the Boston Marathon with her coach Anastasia Matiiok (R) at the stadium on April 4, 2024 in Lviv, Ukraine. On April 8, 2022, a Russian missile hit the Kramatorsk train station killing nearly 60 people and injuring more than 100, according to the Ukrainian government.
Ukrainian football player Andriy Shevchenko signs autographs next to Lviv City Hall on May 29, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Ukrainian football players Andriy Shevchenko, Igor Belanov and Oleg Blokhin bring their Ballons d'Or (Golden Balls) trophies for the exhibition to raise funds for the UAF's School Ball children tournament. The Three Golden Balls exhibition starts in Lviv and will travel to eleven cities of Ukraine.
Children compete for the ball during the U12 Ukrainian Rugby Championship at Yunist Stadium on May 4, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine. Children from Lviv, Uzhhorod and Ivano-Frankivsk born 2013–2014 compete in Western Zone A of the championship.
Roman Oleksiv, 10, who suffered severe burns after a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia, performs Ukrainian anthem holding the ball prior to the Ukrainian Premier League match between FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dynamo Kyiv at Arena Lviv on November 2, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine.