In the second round of the Ukrainian championship Shakhtar Donetsk stumbled, drawing with Veres.

Donetsk team scored first just before the break, however minutes later Bondarenko got a red card. Ten-men Shakhtar couldn't hold on to the winning score and conceded a goal after Yevhen Shevchenko strike in the 62nd minute - 1:1.

2023-24, Ukraine - Premier League

Veres - Shakhtar 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: Matviyenko, 45 (0:1); Shevchenko Y., 62 (1:1)

Veres: Past; Vovchenko S.; Shevchenko Y. (Gagun, 87); Kucherov; Gakman; Siqueira (Sharay S., 87); Dakhnovskyi (Sharay V., 57); Kurko; Kukharuk; Marusich (Haiduchyk M., 71); Blyznychenko А. (Shestakov M., 57)
Bench: Korkodym; Kogut B.; Khondak; Julio Cesar; Shukh
Yellow Cards: Kukharuk 35; Kucherov 50; Sharay V. 64; Shestakov M. 69; Vovchenko S. 83

Shakhtar: Riznyk D.; Kozik; Matviyenko; Gocholeishvili (Farina, 46); Kryskiv (Castillo D., 84); Bondarenko A-m (till 45); Zubkov (Ocheretko, 46); Traoré Las. (Pedrinho, 84); Topalov; Sikan; Kashchuk (Viunnyk, 58)
Bench: Trubin; Tvardovskyi; Toirov; Newerton; Hlushchenko; Kelsy
Yellow Cards: Gocholeishvili 11; Traoré Las. 48; Farina 55; Matviyenko 64
Red cards: Bondarenko A-m 45'