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According to the leader of Ukraine, a fair answer for sports crimes for Russia s...

Russia killed over 100 Ukrainian athletes - Zelensky

According to the leader of Ukraine, a fair answer for sports crimes for Russia should be a ban on participation in international sports events. Since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia into the territory of Ukraine during hostilities or shelling, 184 Ukrainian athletes have been killed. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this during a conversation with the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bah.

"Since February 184, Ukrainian athletes have died from Russia's actions, and she uses sports for propaganda purposes," the president emphasized. According to Zelensky, only complete isolation in the international arena can only be a fair response for sports for a terrorist country. In particular, this applies to international sports events.

In addition, the President of Ukraine called on the International Olympic Committee to promote the restoration of Russian sports infrastructure destroyed by Russia. We will remind, a little earlier the head of the IOC opposed the removal of Russian athletes from competitions. Thomas Bach believes that the Olympic Committee should take a politically neutral position. According to him, if international sports are another tool for achieving political goals, then it will fall apart.