First football casualties of the war in Ukraine: Vitalii Sapylo, 21, and Dmytro Martynenko, 25, are hailed as 'heroes' after dying in combat with Russian forces, having stepped away from their clubs to defend their country Vitaliy Sapylo was a goalkeeper at third-division side Karpaty Lviv's youth team who joined the Ukrainian army as a tank commander The 21-year-old is said to have lost his lif..