Valentin Ushakov

Left Midfielder - Zarya Lugansk
26 Nov 2026
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14 Edition

The Zarya Lugansk Sentinel

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Zarya Lugansk — 7.64

1 for Victor Kiselev, marked 7.64, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

Zarya Lugansk told to sell

The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Home is on Livio Legac's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Zarya Lugansk are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A falling-out at Zarya Lugansk

Maxim Khramtsov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Maksym Czekała runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom2 Nov 2026

282% of the income goes out in wages at Zarya Lugansk

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Match31 Oct 2026

Kyzyltash snatch it back from Zarya Lugansk

A goal on 95 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Valentin Ushakov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market2 Nov 2026

Zarya Lugansk and Victor Kiselev are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

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12 Edition

The Zarya Lugansk Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Valentin Ushakov says Zarya Lugansk went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Home is on Emmanuel Damilola's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Zarya Lugansk are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at Zarya Lugansk

Maxim Khramtsov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Words at Zarya Lugansk training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Danila Patijčuks is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match17 Oct 2026

Neftyanik take the points off Zarya Lugansk

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Ilja Petukhov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match17 Oct 2026

The run is over for Zarya Lugansk

5 matches without defeat, and then Neftyanik. Nobody at the ground pretended it would go on forever; nobody expected it to stop here either.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

Zakhar Merzlyakov answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

A promise honoured for Yaroslav Voronkov

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Zarya Lugansk told Yaroslav Voronkov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief