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The match at Borussia-Park was attended by over 20,000
spectators, with all proceeds going towards relief efforts in
Ukraine. Players from both teams held up a "Stop War" banner
before kick-off.
It also doubled up as a warm-up match for Ukraine before their
World Cup playoff semi-final against Scotland on June 1, with
the winner set to face Wales for a place in the finals in Qatar
later this year.
Mykhaylo Mudryk opened the scoring in the ninth minute but Conor
Noss levelled the match five minutes later before Pikhalionok
drilled home a low finish late on to seal the win for Ukraine.
It was Ukraine's first match since a 2-0 victory over Bosnia and
Herzegovina in November.
The visitors fielded players only from their domestic clubs
after the Ukrainian Premier League season was terminated last
month due to Moscow's invasion.
"The first match," said Ukraine coach Oleksandr Petrakov, "the
team did not play for six months, I did not work for six months.
"I have no questions for the guys, at this stage they are good,
they did well. There are a lot of mistakes, we will correct
them."
Ukraine next play friendlies against Italian side Empoli and
Croatian club Rijeka before taking on Scotland.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)
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