Inner Circle update roster, cairne moves to NIP

The Ukrainian team Inner Circle quickly filled the roster gap that appeared after the departure of their best player.

The club announced that, ahead of the start of BLAST Bounty Season 1, Eduard "zeRRoFIX" Petrovskyi and Arseniy "cptkurtka023" Derevinskiy have joined the lineup. They replace Artem "cairne" Mushynskyi, with whom the organization has officially parted ways, and Dmytro "nifee" Tediashvili, who was sidelined from play in October for personal reasons.

After the announcement of cairne's departure, Inner Circle director Alexander Kharchenko stated that the 23-year-old player had signed a contract with Ninjas in Pyjamas while still bound by an agreement with TNL. RTP Arena was the first to report on the possible transfer on December 5.

zeRRoFIX had been without an organization since April after parting ways with Passion UA and in the second half of 2025 played together with the former Bad News Eagles core, temporarily standing in for nifee on Inner Circle. He is now signed on a permanent basis.

cptkurtka023 joins Inner Circle after a year playing for Jeremiah "kono" Sanville's team, where over a span of 225 maps he maintained a 1.17 rating, mostly at online tournaments.

The revamped Inner Circle roster will hit the server in the online stage of BLAST Bounty Season 1, which starts on January 12. Today the team must choose an opponent in the opening draft.

The current Inner Circle lineup: Viktor "onic" Babii, David "Dawy" Bibik, Artem "Flierax" Khioara, Eduard "zeRRoFIX" Petrovskyi, Arseniy "cptkurtka023" Derevinskiy; coach — Dmytro "jR" Chervak; benched — Dmytro "nifee" Tediashvili.