The 12th round of the national championship turned out to be the least productive since the start of the competition. For 16 teams, only 14 goals were scored and two penalties were missed. After crushing victories, the leaders won rather "modestly." Kyiv's "Dynamo," thanks to a penalty converted by Rincon in the 66th minute, defeated FC "Kharkiv" with a minimal score of 1:0.

Donetsk's "Shakhtar," having scored two goals into "Vorskla's" net before the 25th minute of the first half, brought the match to victory without much strain, although in the second half Lashtuvka had to save his team more than once, and twice the ball after shots by Poltava players hit the goalpost.

Odesa's "Chornomorets" continued its stay in third place, defeating "Kryvbas" in a tense game. "Dnipro" suffered its seventh defeat in the national championship, losing to "Volyn" in Lutsk.

Results of the 12th round matches.

"Illichivets" - "Metalurh" Z - 1:0 Goal: Kryvosheienko 71

"Chornomorets" - "Kryvbas" - 2:1 Goals: Mitierev 56, 76, Popovych 78

"Volyn" - "Dnipro" - 2:1 Goals: Riakhn 16, Tovkatskyi 78, Melashchenko 89 Volyn: 1. Postranskyi, 21. Huie, 33. Chebotar, 41. Omoko, 31. Herasymiuk, (10. Shumakher, 54), 6. Riakhn, 7. Sachko, 8. Hashchyn, (19. Devich, 83), 77. Buta, 43. Pishchur, (13. Tovkatskyi, 58), 11. Maksymiuk. "Dnipro": 77. Kuslii, 21. Semochko, 3. Hrytsai, 14. Radchenko, (11. Kotenko, 49), 25. Shershun, 6. Shelaiev, 7. Melashchenko, 28. Nazarenko, 19. Mykhailenko, (24. Kravchenko, 67), 10. Kostyshyn, (8. Kornilenko, 65), 16. Rusol.

"Zakarpattia" - "Arsenal" - 2:1 Goals: Pikhur 5, 51, Okoduva 68

"Metalist" - "Stal" - 1:0 Goal: Oliinyk 52

"Vorskla" - "Shakhtar" - 0:2 Goal: Tymoshchuk 10, Brandao 24 "Shakhtar": 16.Lashtuvka, 14.Stoikan, 3.Hiubshman, 28.Tolha, 13.Shevchuk, 4.Tymoshchuk(k), 9.Matuzalem, 7.Fernandinho (Ahakhova 60), 36.Elano, 25.Brandau (Zhadson 67), 11.Vorobei (Bielik 74). "Vorskla": 1.Dolhanskyi, 4.Stoian, 32.Dzhurichich, 38.Dallku, 20.Tsurri, 7.Onyshchenko(k) (Melitti 46), 25.Medvedev, 43.Yepurianu, 10.Brovkin (Rebenok 77), 29.Popov (Yarmash 46), 11.Hlavina.

"Metalurh" D - "Tavriia" - 0:0

"Dynamo" - FC Kharkiv - 1:0 Goal: Rincon 68 - from a penalty. Dynamo": Shovkovskyi, Rodriho (Peev 67), Vashchuk, Fedorov, Nesmachnyi, Yussuf, Rotan (Rodolfo 78), Belkevych, Rincon, Milevskyi (Verpakovskis 84), Kleber FC "Kharkiv": Stoiko, Komarnytskyi, Berezovchuk, Yatsenko, Hranovskyi, Oberemko, Maksymov, Cheberiachko (Vietriennikov 57), Opria, Shopin (Tsyhyrlash 75), Tselykh (Ribeiro, 68).