kane takes over as TNL CEO

39-year-old Ukrainian esports athlete Mikhaylo "kane" Blagin took over as TNL (Team Next Level) CEO. The Ukrainian club officially announced this via its X social media account.

Note that Blagin coached Passion UA ​​from August 2023 to April 2025; previously, he also worked as a coach with NAVI, Gambit and FlipSid3 Tactics. Tiaan "T.c" Coertzen replaced him at Passion UA.

Earlier, former pro player Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko announced via his Telegram channel that he intends to create his own Counter-Strike 2 team together with kane. To do this, they need investments of at least two million US dollars per year.

TNL are:

 Viktor "onic" Babii
Artem "cairne" Mushynskyi
Artem "Flierax" Khioara
Dmytro "nifee" Tediashvili
David "Dawy" Bibik

Dmytro "jR" Chervak (coach)

Origin: x.com