Oleksandr Vitiuk from Mykolaiv Oblast won gold in archery

Veteran of the war Oleksandr Vitiuk, representing Mykolaiv Oblast, won the gold medal in archery at the final of the all-Ukrainian “Veterans’ Games 2026” in Ternopil.

His performance also earned him a chance to qualify for Ukraine’s national team for the Invictus Games.

In the Voznesensk community, the winner works as a support specialist for war veterans and demobilized service members.

The final brought together male and female veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war from across Ukraine. The programme featured three disciplines:

• archery;
• table tennis;
• CrossFit.

We previously reported:

• Veterans with disabilities hold their first joint adaptive training session in Mykolaiv
• Unbreakable on the front line and in the gym: tournament for veterans and service members held in Mykolaiv
• Mykolaiv special forces soldier with an amputated limb competes in tournament honouring fallen comrades
• Veterans of the war and children with autism are now invited to Mykolaiv’s sports schools
• “Invictus Games”: Ukrainians win a record number of medals in the history of their participation