--- title: "A Year of Hope Ends: Death Confirmed for Ex-Ukraine and Dynamo Midfielder Roman Maksymyuk" description: "DNA test results have confirmed the death of former Ukraine and Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Roman Maksymyuk, who had been missing in action since late January 2025 in the Pokrovsk direction." date: 2026-10-17T03:35:19.859Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/death-confirmed-ex-ukraine-dynamo-midfielder-roman-maksymyuk tags: [roman-maksyuk, ukraine-football, dynamo-kyiv, national-team, war-memorial] author: "Andrey Kosynko" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # A Year of Hope Ends: Death Confirmed for Ex-Ukraine and Dynamo Midfielder Roman Maksymyuk ![Footballers battling for an aerial ball during a match of the Ukraine national team](https://xab.info/media/2026/10/17/podtverzhda-gibel-eks-poluzashitnika-sbornoy-ukrainy-i-dinamo-romana-maksiuka/podtverzhda-gibel-eks-poluzashitnika-sbornoy-ukrainy-i-dinamo-romana-maksiuka-1.webp) ## Key Points - The death of former Ukraine and Dynamo midfielder Roman Maksymyuk has been confirmed via DNA testing. - The soldier had been listed as missing since early 2025; his last contact was on January 30, 2025, in the Pokrovsk direction. - Maksymyuk voluntarily joined the Armed Forces in autumn 2022, serving as a gunner in the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade. - In his football career, he played for Prykarpattya, Dynamo, Dnipro, Volyn, and Chornomorets, earning 5 caps for Ukraine (1998–2002). Roman Maksymyuk, a former midfielder for the national team, Dynamo Kyiv, and several other domestic clubs, has been killed in battles for Ukraine's independence. The tragic news was confirmed through DNA test results following a grueling year of searches and hope that the warrior's family and loved ones never gave up on. ### DNA Testing Confirmation Roman Maksymyuk had been listed as missing in action since the beginning of 2025. The Ukrainian soldier last made contact on January 30, 2025, when his unit was carrying out combat missions in the Pokrovsk direction. After that, contact with him was lost, and throughout the following year, his relatives lived in suspense without reliable information about his fate. The outcome came in the form of DNA test results confirming the warrior's death. ### Last Contact and Combat Path The athlete joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the autumn of 2022, voluntarily enlisting in the army. He served as a gunner within the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade. According to his fellow servicemen, Maksymyuk fought very courageously on the frontline, for which he was subsequently awarded. It was during combat operations in the Pokrovsk direction, where his unit was located at the end of January 2025, that he went missing. ### Football Career: From Prykarpattya to the National Team Roman Maksymyuk left a notable mark on the history of Ukrainian football. A product of Prykarpattya football, during his professional career he played for a number of leading domestic clubs, including Prykarpattya, Dynamo, Dnipro, Volyn, and Chornomorets. Between 1998 and 2002, the midfielder played five matches for the Ukraine national team, making his name recognizable to fans across the country. ### Memory and Family Support «The miracle did not happen. A year of hope, waiting, prayers, and faith... A year during which we lived between heaven and earth, clung to the slightest hope, and believed that Roma would come home. Thank you to everyone who prayed, supported, helped search, and did not let hope fade. I ask you to remember my Roma. He was not just missing in action. He was a husband, a dad, a son, a friend. A person who was loved and awaited,» wrote Vira, the wife of the fallen warrior, on social media. Support went beyond words: during one of the international matches against the Canada national team, players of the Ukraine national team took to the field wearing Maksymyuk's jacket and jersey, paying tribute and supporting the family of their colleague, who was considered missing in action at the time. Today, Roman Maksymyuk's name is not only the football biography of a midfielder, but also a reminder of the price paid by many civilians and athletes who rose to defend the country. His death has been officially confirmed, and his memory is preserved both in the football community and among his loved ones. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Год надежды оборвался: на войне погиб бывший футболист сборной Украины и "Динамо"](https://sport.rbc.ua/ukr/football/rik-nadiyi-obirvavsya-viyni-zaginuv-kolishniy-1792178173.html) - Primary source: confirmation of death by DNA test, date of last contact 30.01.2025, Pokrovsk direction, 25th Brigade, career and 5 matches for the national team, wife's quote, episode with the match against Canada. ## FAQ ### How was Roman Maksymyuk's death confirmed? The warrior's death was confirmed by DNA test results after a long year of searching. ### When and where did Roman Maksymyuk go missing? He last made contact on January 30, 2025, while his unit was performing combat tasks in the Pokrovsk direction; he had been missing since early 2025. ### What was notable about Maksymyuk's football career? He played for Prykarpattya, Dynamo, Dnipro, Volyn, and Chornomorets, and played 5 matches for the Ukraine national team between 1998 and 2002.