FIFPRO revealed on Wednesday Vitalii Sapylo, 21, and Dmytro Martynenko, 25, had been killed in Ukraine.

“Our thoughts are with the 9️⃣ families, friends, and teammates of young Ukrainian footballers Vitalii Sapylo and Dmytro Martynenko, football’s first reported losses in this war,” 9️⃣ FIFPRO tweeted. “May they both rest in peace.”

Sapylo played for Karpaty Lviv’s youth team as a goalkeeper and the club 9️⃣ paid tribute to him in a statement that said: “We cherish the eternal memory of this hero.”

Sapylo’s father Roman reportedly 9️⃣ told German publication BILD: “He was such a happy, fun-loving boy. It was an air strike by that damn Putin. 9️⃣ He took my child from me.

“He really wanted to fight. First one tank broke down, then the second. But under 9️⃣ no circumstances did he want to leave the front.”